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Bug #1735

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invalid privilege" in firmware_get()

Added by Johannes.Hofmann about 14 years ago. Updated almost 14 years ago.

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Description

firmware_get() in the recently ported subr_firmware.c causes a panic
when loading a firmware image.
The patch below fixes the issue:

diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
index 0cf58a8..b103e8f 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
++ b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
@ -321,7 +321,7 @ firmware_get(const char *imagename)
*/
td = curthread;
if (priv_check(td, PRIV_FIRMWARE_LOAD) != 0 ||
- priv_check_cred(td->td_ucred, 0, 0)) {
priv_check_cred(td->td_ucred, PRIV_ROOT, 0)) {
lockmgr(&firmware_lock, LK_RELEASE);
kprintf("%s: insufficient privileges to "
"load firmware image %s\n", func, imagename);

Actions #1

Updated by Johannes.Hofmann almost 14 years ago

Johannes Hofmann <> wrote:

firmware_get() in the recently ported subr_firmware.c causes a panic
when loading a firmware image.
The patch below fixes the issue:

diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
index 0cf58a8..b103e8f 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
++ b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
@ -321,7 +321,7 @ firmware_get(const char imagename)
/
td = curthread;
if (priv_check(td, PRIV_FIRMWARE_LOAD) != 0 ||
- priv_check_cred(td->td_ucred, 0, 0)) {
priv_check_cred(td->td_ucred, PRIV_ROOT, 0)) {
lockmgr(&firmware_lock, LK_RELEASE);
kprintf("%s: insufficient privileges to "
"load firmware image %s\n", func, imagename);

After looking at the original code in FreeBSD, the following patch
seems more appropriate:

diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
index 79939c1..6d1b832 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
++ b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
@ -321,7 +321,7 @ firmware_get(const char *imagename)
*/
td = curthread;
if (priv_check(td, PRIV_FIRMWARE_LOAD) != 0 ||
- priv_check_cred(td->td_ucred, 0, 0)) {
securelevel > 0) {
lockmgr(&firmware_lock, LK_RELEASE);
kprintf("%s: insufficient privileges to "
"load firmware image %s\n", func, imagename);

Actions #2

Updated by swildner almost 14 years ago

Thanks, committed! -> c8e0b924d5136c97c1b3648c4b6a1d9cfeeb53bc

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