From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: wzt.wzt@gmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
x86@kernel.org, zippel@linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: Make config Filter access to /dev/mem default y
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:03:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100415180353.GE1443@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100413025228.GC10860@localhost.localdomain>
> config STRICT_DEVMEM
> bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
> + default y
> ---help---
> If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
> of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
> @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ config STRICT_DEVMEM
> This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
> /dev/mem.
>
> - If in doubt, say Y.
> + If in doubt, say N.
>
Eek.
So... what is it?
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-15 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-13 2:52 [PATCH] Kconfig: Make config Filter access to /dev/mem default y wzt.wzt
2010-04-15 6:12 ` Xiaotian Feng
2010-04-15 6:17 ` wzt wzt
2010-04-15 6:28 ` Xiaotian Feng
2010-04-15 6:39 ` wzt wzt
2010-04-15 7:12 ` Xiaotian Feng
2010-04-15 7:37 ` wzt wzt
2010-04-15 6:36 ` Michal Svoboda
2010-04-15 10:43 ` Jiri Kosina
2010-04-15 13:41 ` Michal Svoboda
2010-04-15 13:59 ` Alan Cox
2010-04-15 11:00 ` Alan Cox
2010-04-15 18:03 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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