Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:10:41 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 13/13] android: ram_console: honor dmesg_restrict |
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 01:58:23PM -0800, John Stultz wrote: > From: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com> > > The Linux kernel has a setting called dmesg_restrict. When true, > only processes with CAP_SYSLOG can view the kernel dmesg logs. This > helps prevent leaking of kernel information into user space. > > On Android, it's possible to bypass these restrictions by viewing > /proc/last_kmsg. > > This change makes /proc/last_kmsg require the same permissions as > dmesg. > > Bug: 5555691
In what bugzilla does this bug number reference? Random integers don't do much for people when looking back at the history of things :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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