Messages in this thread |  | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: [CHECKER] 52 probable security holes in 2.4.6 and 2.4.6-ac2 | Date | Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:26:51 -0600 (MDT) |
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Jeff Hartmann write: > Kenneth Michael Ashcraft wrote: > > [BUG] but mainly can make the kernel allocate unbounded amount of > > memory and crash. > This is not a bug. This is a root only ioctl called only during Xserver > initialization/recycle. It can't be called anywhere else.
So you're saying that root is perfectly secure, and that the Xserver never has any bugs in it? ;-)
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