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Re: BadUSB discussion


From: Greg KH <greg () kroah com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:36:29 -0700

On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 11:27:06PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
On ven., 2014-08-08 at 14:20 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
Actually, since it's a module parameter, it doesn't seem possible to
toggle it without reloading the module (or rebooting if it's
builtin).
So it might not be that easy to do the locking part.

echo "0" > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/authorized_default

I did that, but unplugging/replugging my mouse still works after that.

Hm, not good, take it to the linux-usb () vger kernel org mailing list and
we can debug it there.

thanks,

greg k-h


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