Re: [Libusbx-devel] Linux sysfs usb descriptors file has broken configuration length handling

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On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:14:08PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > But the sysfs descriptors file will just packs the
> > rawdescriptors one behind the other, using
> > usb_device->config[x].desc.wTotalLength, where as
> > userspace only sees the length advertised by
> > the rawdescriptors, which may be different, and when
> > it is userspace will this have no idea where the next
> > descriptor starts.
> > 
> > I believe the proper way to fix this is to make the
> > sysfs code deal with this the same way the usbfs code
> > does (filling the holes with 0 to avoid leaking kmem),
> > if people agree I can write a patch for this.
> 
> That's okay with me.

Sounds good to me as well.

thanks,

greg k-h
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