On Donnerstag, 26. September 2019 10:52:08 CEST Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 26.09.2019, 10:14 +0200 schrieb Nicolas Saenz
> 
> Julienne:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > [ Added Oliver as he's the most knowlegable with USB ]
> > 
> > > > > SLES doesn't support USB gadget mode AFAIK, so I didn't do anything
> > > > > there.
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, looks like it should be changed, no?
> > > 
> > > SLE has CONFIG_USB_GADGET=n, so doing that would be a rather big change
> > > which needs discussion. It's not just a module which can be marked as
> > > unsupported. I don't know whether any platform currently supported by
> > > SLE even has USB device controllers.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Fabian
> > > 
> > > Currently SLE has CONFIG_USB_GADGET=n.
> > 
> > I tried to enable CONFIG_USB_GADGET some time ago. IIRC There were some
> > concerns that we had nothing to test it on intel boards (some support it,
> > but it's rare). On top of that there are security implications to take
> > into account.
> 
> Correct. And the security implications make me very nervous. That
> direction is not tested or spoofed for security.
> 
>       Regards
>               Oliver

Can someone please outline what these security implications are?

1. Without further configurations from userspace, no endpoints/functions are 
provided.
2. Contrary to e.g. Firewire and Thunderbolt, USB does not allow Remote DMA, 
but FW and TB are both enabled.

Kind regards,

Stefan

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