Re: [PATCH-RFC] POSIX Event Logging, kernel 2.5.6 & 2.4.18

Dominik Kubla
2002-03-12T22:41:32Z

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 02:15:36PM -0800, Larry Kessler wrote:
> 2) If the buffer overruns the oldest events are kept, newest
> discarded, and a count of discarded events is reported.

Hmm. That sounds like a possible security problem to me: simply generate a
bunch of harmless messages to fill the buffer and then one can do the nasty
stuff...

Dominik Kubla
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