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DateWed, 02 Jan 2002 23:46:36 +0100
FromLionel Bouton <>
SubjectRe: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> [...]

> 
> But this is not a bad reason.  Allowing people to avoid running suid 
> programs is a *good* reason.
> 

Usually yes. But for a code that simply parses /dev/kmem content without 
taking args...

Just took a quick look at dmidecode.c and auditing this code doesn't 
seem out of reach.

What's the difference security-wise between running this code in kernel 
space and in a suid prog? Avoiding loading libraries?

Frankly I don't see the point.

LB.

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