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DateTue, 22 Apr 2003 15:53:04 -0400
FromJason Cook <>
SubjectRe: kernel ring buffer accessible by users
* Julien Oster (frodo@dereference.de) wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> it's been quite a while that I noticed that any ordinary user, not
> just root, can type "dmesg" to see the kernel ring buffer.
> 
> My question now is: Why? I often saw things in the kernel ring buffer
> which I don't want every user to know (e.g. some telephone numbers with
> ISDN).
> 
> Are there any problems in just letting root get the contents of the
> kernel ring buffer?
> 
> Julien
> -

grsec has an option to do this:

http://www.grsecurity.net/

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