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SubjectRe: Question about /dev/mem and /dev/kmem
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On Llu, 2004-11-29 at 10:47, Jim Nelson wrote:
> And what stops an attacker who's already gained root from doing a "cat "0" >
> /proc/sys/kernel/cap-bound" ?

If they already had root you've already lost.

An SELinux policy would probably be a lot more useful because you also
want to block ioperm/iopl

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