Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:02:10 -0600 | Subject | Re: Modprobe local root exploit | From | Peter Samuelson <> |
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[Torsten Duwe] > + for (p = module_name; *p; p++) > + { > + if (isalnum(*p) || *p == '_' || *p == '-') > + continue; > + > + return -EINVAL; > + }
I think you just broke at least some versions of devfs. I don't remember if the feature is still around, but I know it *used* to be possible to request_module("/dev/foobar"), which requires '/' in the name.
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