[PATCH v2 1/2] drm: Add GPU reset sysfs event

Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer at amd.com
Wed Mar 9 10:28:27 UTC 2022



On 09/03/2022 11:24, Christian König wrote:
> Am 09.03.22 um 11:10 schrieb Simon Ser:
>> On Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 at 10:56, Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer at amd.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Would it be possible to include the app parameters as well?
>> Can all processes read sysfs events?
> 
> No, but application parameters are usually not secret.
> 
>> There might be security implications here. The app parameters might
>> contain sensitive information, like passwords or tokens.
> 
> It's a well known security vulnerably to provide password etc.. as application parameter since everybody can read them through procfs.
> 
>> Can't the uevent receiver query the kernel to get that info from the
>> PID?
> 
> I'm leaning also towards just providing the PID and not the application name. The information should be as short as possible.
> 

Indeed you're both right. The PID + reading procfs should be enough.

Thanks,
Pierre-Eric


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