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mac80211: make debugfs files root-only

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Unfortunately, debugfs can be made to access invalid memory by
open()ing a file and then waiting until the corresponding debugfs
file has been removed (and, probably, the underlying object.)

That could be exploited by any user if the user is able to open
debugfs files and can cause networking devices, STA entries or
similar to disappear which is quite easy to do.

Hence, all debugfs files should be root-only.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg
2008-04-04 23:33:37 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent a82d992261
commit bebb8a5e2c
3 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static const struct file_operations name## _ops = { \
};
#define DEBUGFS_ADD(name) \
local->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444, phyd, \
local->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400, phyd, \
local, &name## _ops);
#define DEBUGFS_DEL(name) \
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static const struct file_operations stats_ ##name## _ops = { \
};
#define DEBUGFS_STATS_ADD(name) \
local->debugfs.stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444, statsd,\
local->debugfs.stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400, statsd,\
local, &stats_ ##name## _ops);
#define DEBUGFS_STATS_DEL(name) \