From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] printk from userspace
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:58:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020813235803.A15947@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D59CBFA.9CFC9FEE@zip.com.au>; from akpm@zip.com.au on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:18:18PM -0700
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:18:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> The patch allows userspace to issue printk's, via sys_syslog():
This is an incredibly bad idea. It has security hole written all over it.
Any user can now spam the kernel's log ringbuffer and overrun potentially
important messages.
-ben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-14 3:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-14 3:18 [patch] printk from userspace Andrew Morton
2002-08-14 3:58 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2002-08-14 4:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-14 4:05 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-14 4:10 ` Alexander Viro
2002-08-14 4:11 ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-14 4:07 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-14 4:20 ` Alexander Viro
2002-08-14 4:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-08-14 4:35 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-14 4:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-14 4:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-08-14 4:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-14 4:48 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-14 4:58 ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-14 5:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-19 11:28 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-08-14 7:59 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2002-08-14 16:12 ` serial console (was Re: [patch] printk from userspace) Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2002-08-15 12:43 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2002-08-14 4:33 ` [patch] printk from userspace H. Peter Anvin
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