Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:21:35 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r323916 - head/sys/dev/usb
Message-ID:  <201709220821.v8M8LZ4T025433@repo.freebsd.org>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Author: hselasky
Date: Fri Sep 22 08:21:35 2017
New Revision: 323916
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/323916

Log:
  Extend sysctl description for hw.usb.disable_enumeration .
  
  PR:		222505
  Submitted by:	Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com>
  MFC after:	1 week
  Sponsored by:	Mellanox Technologies

Modified:
  head/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c

Modified: head/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c	Fri Sep 22 08:21:14 2017	(r323915)
+++ head/sys/dev/usb/usb_hub.c	Fri Sep 22 08:21:35 2017	(r323916)
@@ -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,



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201709220821.v8M8LZ4T025433>