On Fri, 12 Jul 2013, Hans de Goede wrote: > For certain (HP) printers the printer device_id does not only contain a > static part identifying the printer, but it also contains a dynamic part > giving printer status, ink level, etc. > > To get to this info various userspace utilities need to be able to make a > printer class 'get_device_id' request without first claiming the interface > (as that is in use for the actual printer driver). > > Since the printer class 'get_device_id' request does not change interface > settings in anyway, allowing this without claiming the interface should not > cause any issues. Are there any security implications to allowing any user on the system to send a get_device_id request to a printer while it is in the middle of a print job? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
