From: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 25ec7f57deceec633f27bc93b615f951e2ade814 ]

Currently, the __resource_resize_store() allows writing to the
resourceN_resize sysfs attribute to change a BAR's size without checking
for capabilities, currently relying only on the file access check.

Resizing a BAR modifies PCI device configuration and can disrupt active
drivers.  After the upcoming conversion to static attributes, it will also
trigger resource file updates via sysfs_update_groups().

Add a CAP_SYS_ADMIN check to prevent unprivileged users from performing BAR
resize operations.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Tested-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260508043543.217179-6-kwilczynski@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The background searches finished. Here’s what they turned up:

- **`b4 dig`** — Exited successfully but produced no output. The fix
  isn’t in this checkout, and `b4 dig` needs a commit hash, so the lore
  thread wasn’t resolved that way. Patch context came from the local v7
  mbox and Patchwork mirrors instead.
- **Git history (`resourceN_resize` / `__resource_resize_store`)** — In
  this shallow 6.18.43 tree, both only surface as merge commit
  `5d324e5159d9e`; the original introduction isn’t reachable here. The
  ABI doc (September 2022) is the best dating we have for when the sysfs
  interface landed.

That doesn’t change the earlier conclusion: the missing `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`
check is present in this tree, the fix is small and standalone, and the
backport recommendation remains **YES** for 6.18.y.

 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index edb9bc34c0c58..990994db752ab 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -1575,6 +1575,9 @@ static ssize_t __resource_resize_store(struct device *dev, int n,
 	int ret;
 	u16 cmd;
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &size) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
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