Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:13:12 -0800 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] sysfs: Only accept read/write permissions for file attributes |
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:44:01AM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote: > Hi Guenter, > [ ... ] > > > Anyway, my goal was to keep things simple. Taking some bits from the default > > and others from the return value of the is_visible function isn't simple, > > even more so since your code would require the is_visible function to mask > > out SYSFS_PREALLOC to avoid the warning. > > While I'm still not sure about the consequences of flipping this SYSFS_PREALLOC > bit at runtime, I do agree with your goal. > > Then to keep it simple, the scope of is_visible could be limited to any bit > allowed at attribute declaration (using *_ATTR* macros). The compile-time check > macro VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() allows any bit but S_IWOTH. The scope can be > SYSFS_PREALLOC | 0775. (or 0664 if we want to avoid executables as well.) > > [ This will prevent some follow-up patches "avoid world-writable sysfs files". > In the future, we may want a runtime equivalent of VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS. ] > 0775 and 0664 are both fine with me, with a preference for 0664. Before I resubmit - Greg, any preference from your side ?
Thanks, Guenter
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