Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:23:01 -0500 (EST) | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] msr v3 available |
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Richard Gooch writes:
> Hi, all. Version 3 of my msr patch is now available from: ... > - Included patch which adds an ioctl() on /proc/<pid>/mem for > translating virtual to physical addresses
As you've been told before, this is a security hole. Users have no business knowing what physical addresses are being used. While many people are struggling to close information leaks and DoS attacks, you open more.
This gets very serious when Linux allows a limited number of locked pages for each normal user.
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