From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: load firmware for in-kernel driver
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:09:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101101200911.GB2049@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201010262219.o9QMJD0u004860@robo.generali.ch>
On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 07:57:23PM +0100, Hr. Philip Rueegsegger wrote:
> >Anyway, it's probably easier to leave it as a module. There are
> >thousand ways to get code into the running kernel with the right
> >permissions, disabling the module loader does not really add security.
> >
> >Kay
>
> Is it really possible to get code into the running kernel with module loader
> turned off and no /dev/kmem support?
Yes it is.
For examples of how to do this, use google.
And it's way off-topic here so please don't discuss it here.
good luck,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-01 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-26 22:19 load firmware for in-kernel driver Hr. Philip Rueegsegger
2010-10-27 12:36 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2010-10-27 14:01 ` Hr. Philip Rueegsegger
2010-10-27 14:10 ` Kay Sievers
2010-10-27 16:23 ` Hr. Philip Rueegsegger
2010-10-27 17:02 ` Karl O. Pinc
2010-10-27 17:48 ` Hr. Philip Rueegsegger
2010-10-27 19:55 ` Karl O. Pinc
2010-10-28 1:19 ` Greg KH
2010-11-01 18:57 ` Hr. Philip Rueegsegger
2010-11-01 20:09 ` Greg KH [this message]
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