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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Add dev.mem.restricted sysctl
* Alan Cox [2008-11-16 00:07]:
>
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:03:43 +0100
> Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> wrote:
>
> > When CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is set, live debugging is not possible with the
> > crash utility (see http://people.redhat.com/~anderson). For distributors
> > who ship a generic kernel it's difficult: Disabling CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM
> > is possible, but in general the protection provided by CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM
> > is useful. However, live debugging should be still neceessary.
>
> Why not just turn strictmem off - as you've correctly demonstrated its
> completely useless and always was.
>
> A switchable configurable piece of turd is still at the end of the day a
> piece of turd.

Well, I think that option makes sense to protect the system
from processes that *accidentally* read/write to the wrong memory
location (like the X server that always runs as root).


Regards,
Bernhard


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