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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 13/13] android: ram_console: honor dmesg_restrict
    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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