Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add user taint flag | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 22 May 2006 16:14:36 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 19:04 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Allow taint flags to be set from userspace by writing to > /proc/sys/kernel/tainted, and add a new taint flag, TAINT_USER, to be > used when userspace is potentially doing something naughty that might > compromise the kernel.
we should then patch the /dev/mem driver or something to set this :) (well and possibly give it an exception for now for PCI space until the X people fix their stuff to use the proper sysfs stuff)
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