4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit e5332d5437764f775cf4e3b8ca3bf592af063a02 ] User space can currently both read and set values of input lines using the character device. This was not allowed by the old sysfs interface nor is it a correct behavior. Check the first descriptor in the set for the OUT flag when asked to set values and return -EPERM if the line is input. Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -449,7 +449,13 @@ static long linehandle_ioctl(struct file return 0; } else if (cmd == GPIOHANDLE_SET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL) { - /* TODO: check if descriptors are really output */ + /* + * All line descriptors were created at once with the same + * flags so just check if the first one is really output. + */ + if (!test_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &lh->descs[0]->flags)) + return -EPERM; + if (copy_from_user(&ghd, ip, sizeof(ghd))) return -EFAULT;