Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Misc Fixes | Date | Tue, 9 Jul 1996 16:55:09 +0100 (BST) |
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> o Ext2s module now loads > > Tried getting this patch through during 1.3; Linus rejected it as making > it too easy for module to circumvent securelevel. The fix he wanted was > write a functional interfaces so that it would be possible for ext2 to > obtain the current securelevel settings, without being able to set it.
Garbage reason. You can load a module that patches the kernel if you can load a module. Securelevel should stop module loads.
Alan
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