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| author | Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2008-07-01 17:18:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> | 2008-07-01 09:51:53 -0700 |
| commit | a94c248113b86bbbc47d027a4004b70f2be298b1 (patch) | |
| tree | b33c29082b1294287bb45f95730f87db002fba98 /Documentation | |
| parent | 543cf4cb3fe6f6cae3651ba918b9c56200b257d0 (diff) | |
| download | linux-a94c248113b86bbbc47d027a4004b70f2be298b1.tar.bz2 | |
PCI: Restrict VPD read permission to root
Some PCI devices will lock up if we attempt to read from VPD addresses
beyond some device-dependent limit. Until we can identify these
devices and adjust the file size accordingly, only let root read VPD
through sysfs to prevent a DoS by normal users.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
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