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Jay Fenlason authored
If userspace ignores the POLLERR bit from poll(), and only attempts to
read() the device when POLLIN is set, it can still make ioctl() calls on
a device that has been removed from the system.  The node_id and
generation returned by GET_INFO will be outdated, but INITIATE_BUS_RESET
would still cause a bus reset, and GET_CYCLE_TIMER will return data.
And if you guess the correct generation to use, you can send requests to
a different device on the bus, and get responses back.

This patch prevents open, ioctl, compat_ioctl, and mmap against shutdown
devices.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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