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Subject[PATCH 2.4] lcd: Add checks to CAP_SYS_ADMIN to potentially dangerous ioctl's
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This patch adds CAP_SYS_ADMIN checks to the potentially dangerous ioctls FLASH_Erase and FLASH_Burn
in the Cobalt LCD interface driver.

Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -purN --exclude='*~' linux-2.4.29-original/drivers/char/lcd.c linux-2.4.29/drivers/char/lcd.c
--- linux-2.4.29-original/drivers/char/lcd.c 2005-01-27 18:46:42.085690494 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.29/drivers/char/lcd.c 2005-01-27 18:54:00.902766505 -0500
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ static int lcd_ioctl(struct inode *inode

int ctr=0;

+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
+
// Chip Erase Sequence
WRITE_FLASH( kFlash_Addr1, kFlash_Data1 );
WRITE_FLASH( kFlash_Addr2, kFlash_Data2 );
@@ -422,6 +424,8 @@ static int lcd_ioctl(struct inode *inode

struct lcd_display display;

+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
+
if(copy_from_user(&display, (struct lcd_display*)arg, sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
return -EFAULT;
rom = (unsigned char *) kmalloc((128),GFP_ATOMIC);
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