From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754709AbYIZKFW (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:05:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752822AbYIZKFJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:05:09 -0400 Received: from minas.ics.muni.cz ([147.251.4.40]:40880 "EHLO minas.ics.muni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751199AbYIZKFI (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:05:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:05:07 +0200 From: Lukas Hejtmanek To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG [was: Re: 2.6.27-rc7 no init found on the root partition?] Message-ID: <20080926100507.GR31582@ics.muni.cz> References: <20080925165400.GQ31582@ics.muni.cz> <20080926024927.GA13816@hallyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080926024927.GA13816@hallyn.com> X-echelon: NSA, CIA, CI5, MI5, FBI, KGB, BIS, Plutonium, Bin Laden, bomb User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Muni-Spam-TestIP: 147.251.3.109 X-Muni-Envelope-From: xhejtman@anubis.ics.muni.cz X-Muni-Virus-Test: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (minas.ics.muni.cz [147.251.4.35]); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:04:47 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 09:49:27PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Hmm, is there a difference in the device drivers such that root_plug simply > isn't able to find the usb 'key' in 2.6.27-rc7? > > When you boot with CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG=n, can you read the usb key? I do not have USB key at all. So maybe there is a security bug in 2.6.26.3? -- Lukáš Hejtmánek