Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:35:50 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/6] MODSIGN: Kernel module signing |
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Hi,
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, David Howells wrote:
> Now, this is not a complete solution by any means: the core kernel is not > protected, and nor are /dev/mem or /dev/kmem, but it denies (or at least > controls) one relatively simple attack vector.
This is really the weak point - it offers no advantage over an equivalent implementation in user space (e.g. in the module tools). So why has to be done in the kernel?
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