Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Jul 2002 03:16:45 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: user-mode port 0.58-2.4.18-36 |
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Hi!
> This is the fourth release of the 2.4.18 UML. > > The major changes in this release include: > > It is now possible the to attach the UML gdb to sleeping threads. > This is done by detaching gdb from the in-context thread and attaching > it to the host pid of the sleeping UML process. UML may be continued > by reattaching to the in-context thread. This feature was sponsored > by Cluster File Systems, Inc. > > There is a /proc/exitcode, which allows a UML process to set the > eventual UML exit code. > > Fixed some segfaults caused by calling openpty, which has an unusually > large stack frame, overflowing the UML kernel stack. > > The tty logging patch is integrated. This allows UML honeypots to > log all tty traffic to a host file. This logging can't be detected > or interfered with by root inside the UML.
So... what prevents uml root from inserting rogue module (perhaps using /dev/kmem) and escape the jail?
> The UML binary now lives in its own physical memory. This makes it > easier for the swsusp patch to be ported to UML.
Good ;-). Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - 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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