From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Cc: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@01019freenet.de>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio_pci_generic does not export memory resources
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:12:30 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120610141230.GA8922@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339253455.26976.165.camel@ul30vt>
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 08:50:55AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > > Hmm, I wonder if we should make a kernel boot parameter that allows
> > > whitelisting some devices. I think it would have to taint the kernel
> > > but there's probably sufficient interest for usability vs
> > > supportability.
> >
> > Good idea. I would print an additional big fat warning of dataloss /
> > filesystem damage / crash if this could be the case.
>
> Well, outlining the risk above makes me a little more nervous about
> making such a config option, even if it taints the kernel, available so
> easily... :^\ Thanks,
>
> Alex
Yes, please do not do it. Users will use it and we'll have an
unfixable security bug on our hands.
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-10 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-08 11:56 [PATCH] uio_pci_generic does not export memory resources Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 13:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-08 13:16 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-06-08 14:16 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-08 14:47 ` Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 15:06 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-08 16:16 ` Andreas Hartmann
2012-06-08 16:41 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-09 9:28 ` Andreas Hartmann
2012-06-09 14:50 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-09 16:25 ` Andreas Hartmann
2012-06-09 16:55 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-10 7:21 ` Andreas Hartmann
2012-06-10 19:12 ` Andreas Hartmann
2012-06-10 14:12 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2012-06-08 16:44 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 16:59 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-06-08 17:11 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-10 14:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-10 16:09 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-10 16:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-10 17:38 ` Alex Williamson
2012-06-10 18:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-10 19:00 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-10 19:11 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-10 19:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-10 20:19 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-10 19:01 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 14:28 ` Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 15:18 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 15:45 ` Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 15:57 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 16:23 ` Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 16:37 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 17:07 ` Dominic Eschweiler
2012-06-08 17:11 ` Hans J. Koch
2012-06-08 16:39 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-06-08 16:07 ` Hans J. Koch
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