From: "Peter" <support@rimuhosting.com>
To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host?
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:19:01 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <045601c401d2$a7c6f390$0600a8c0@objexcel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040304093605.GA24034@patrick.wattle.id.au
And disable hostfs on your UML kernel (even if you're not passing a hostfs to the UML instance on its command line).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Patrick" <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>
To: <user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host?
> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> | If you want to minimize this, run the UML chrooted (and absolutely not as
> | root). The use of process capabilities can also be used to limit the
> | possible damage, or any of the security extensions to Linux.
>
> Also, don't build module support into the kernel, and edit drivers/char/mem.c
> to disable writes to /dev/mem and /dev/kmem.
>
> Cameron.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-04 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-03 20:09 [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host? Robin Green
2004-03-03 21:29 ` Henrik Nordstrom
2004-03-03 23:14 ` [uml-devel] More security questions (was: Module exploits into the host?) Robin Green
2004-03-07 11:06 ` BlaisorBlade
2004-03-08 21:33 ` Jeff Dike
2004-03-09 23:21 ` Robin Green
2004-03-04 9:36 ` [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host? Cameron Patrick
2004-03-04 10:19 ` Peter [this message]
2004-03-04 19:45 ` [uml-devel] CFP workshop on UML Security (was: Module exploits into the host?) Goetz Bock
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