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    SubjectRe: [patch] printk from userspace


    On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

    > On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:18:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > >
    > > The patch allows userspace to issue printk's, via sys_syslog():
    >
    > This is an incredibly bad idea. It has security hole written all over it.
    > Any user can now spam the kernel's log ringbuffer and overrun potentially
    > important messages.

    He does capability checks there...

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