Hosts the 0x221E linux distro kernel. https://git.0xinfinity.dev/distro/kernel.git/atom?h=linux-4.8.y 2016-03-05T20:05:01Z 2016-03-05T20:05:01Z Reilly Grant 2016-02-21T21:38:01Z urn:sha1:d883f52e1f6d2eca8378e3795f333c1396943873 The new USBDEVFS_DROP_PRIVILEGES ioctl allows a process to voluntarily relinquish the ability to issue other ioctls that may interfere with other processes and drivers that have claimed an interface on the device. This commit also includes a simple utility to be able to test the ioctl, located at Documentation/usb/usbdevfs-drop-permissions.c Example (with qemu-kvm's input device): $ lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd $ usb-devices ... C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid $ sudo ./usbdevfs-drop-permissions /dev/bus/usb/001/002 OK: privileges dropped! Available options: [0] Exit now [1] Reset device. Should fail if device is in use [2] Claim 4 interfaces. Should succeed where not in use [3] Narrow interface permission mask Which option shall I run?: 1 ERROR: USBDEVFS_RESET failed! (1 - Operation not permitted) Which test shall I run next?: 2 ERROR claiming if 0 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 1 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 2 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 3 (1 - Operation not permitted) Which test shall I run next?: 0 After unbinding usbhid: $ usb-devices ... I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=(none) $ sudo ./usbdevfs-drop-permissions /dev/bus/usb/001/002 ... Which option shall I run?: 2 OK: claimed if 0 ERROR claiming if 1 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 2 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 3 (1 - Operation not permitted) Which test shall I run next?: 1 OK: USBDEVFS_RESET succeeded Which test shall I run next?: 0 After unbinding usbhid and restricting the mask: $ sudo ./usbdevfs-drop-permissions /dev/bus/usb/001/002 ... Which option shall I run?: 3 Insert new mask: 0 OK: privileges dropped! Which test shall I run next?: 2 ERROR claiming if 0 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 1 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 2 (1 - Operation not permitted) ERROR claiming if 3 (1 - Operation not permitted) Signed-off-by: Reilly Grant <reillyg@chromium.org> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Emilio López <emilio.lopez@collabora.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>