Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:31:05 +0100 |
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> > Are you saying that processes with capability don't make mistakes? This isn't > > a bug related to untrusted users doing privileged operations, it's a case of > > using unchecked user data. > > > > But isn't there always the possibility of "unchecked user data"? > I can, as root, do `cp /dev/zero /dev/mem` and have the most > spectacular crask you've evet seen. I can even make my file- > systems unrecoverable.
Only if you have the capability for raw hardware access. The same is true for the firmware interface. What other subsystems might be dangerous?
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