svn commit: r324797 - stable/11/sys/dev/usb

Hans Petter Selasky hselasky at FreeBSD.org
Fri Oct 20 09:59:40 UTC 2017


Author: hselasky
Date: Fri Oct 20 09:59:39 2017
New Revision: 324797
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324797

Log:
  MFC r323916:
  Extend sysctl description for hw.usb.disable_enumeration .
  
  PR:		222505
  Submitted by:	Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com>
  Sponsored by:	Mellanox Technologies

Modified:
  stable/11/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c
Directory Properties:
  stable/11/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/11/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c	Fri Oct 20 09:21:37 2017	(r324796)
+++ stable/11/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c	Fri Oct 20 09:59:39 2017	(r324797)
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, power_timeout, CTLFLAG_R
 #if USB_HAVE_DISABLE_ENUM
 static int usb_disable_enumeration = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, disable_enumeration, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
-    &usb_disable_enumeration, 0, "Set to disable all USB device enumeration.");
+    &usb_disable_enumeration, 0, "Set to disable all USB device enumeration. "
+	"This can secure against USB devices turning evil, "
+	"for example a USB memory stick becoming a USB keyboard.");
 
 static int usb_disable_port_power = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, disable_port_power, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,


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