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From: Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>
To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host?
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:36:06 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040304093605.GA24034@patrick.wattle.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403032227040.17693-100000@filer.marasystems.com>

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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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-03-04  9:56 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   ` Cameron Patrick [this message]
2004-03-04 10:19     ` [uml-devel] Module exploits into the host? Peter
2004-03-04 19:45       ` [uml-devel] CFP workshop on UML Security (was: Module exploits into the host?) Goetz Bock

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