From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:06:49 +0000 (+1030)
Subject: param: do not set store func without write perm
X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v3.19/fixes-rc1~31^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b0a65b0cccd477b2fd8b7adad0ac39433df54829;p=pandora-kernel.git

param: do not set store func without write perm

When a module_param is defined without DAC write permissions, it can
still be changed at runtime and updated. Drivers using a 0444 permission
may be surprised that these values can still be changed.

For drivers that want to allow updates, any S_IW* flag will set the
"store" function as before. Drivers without S_IW* flags will have the
"store" function unset, unforcing a read-only value. Drivers that wish
neither "store" nor "get" can continue to use "0" for perms to stay out
of sysfs entirely.

Old behavior:
  # cd /sys/module/snd/parameters
  # ls -l
  total 0
  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 11 13:55 cards_limit
  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 11 13:55 major
  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 11 13:55 slots
  # cat major
  116
  # echo -1 > major
  -bash: major: Permission denied
  # chmod u+w major
  # echo -1 > major
  # cat major
  -1

New behavior:
  ...
  # chmod u+w major
  # echo -1 > major
  -bash: echo: write error: Input/output error

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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