Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.12 WP security warning | Date | Wed, 01 May 2002 17:23:47 +1000 |
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Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>: Warn users about machines with non-working WP bit: Hi!
This might be good idea, as those machines are not safe for multiuser systems.
--- trivial-2.5.12/arch/i386/mm/init.c.orig Wed May 1 17:15:10 2002 +++ trivial-2.5.12/arch/i386/mm/init.c Wed May 1 17:15:10 2002 @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ local_flush_tlb(); if (!boot_cpu_data.wp_works_ok) { - printk("No.\n"); + printk("No (that's security hole).\n"); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK panic("This kernel doesn't support CPU's with broken WP. Recompile it for a 386!"); #endif -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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