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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: 7eggert@gmx.de
Cc: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>,
	security@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Restrictions on module loading
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:34:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zktkqcb4.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1PFN7q-0000z3-Em@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org> (Bodo Eggert's message of "Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:30:50 +0100")

Bodo Eggert <7eggert@web.de> writes:
>
> - What about task switches or work queues?

That's indeed a problem. All request_module()s would need auditing
and if there's any triggered from a workqueue a new interface
that passes the credentials around.

-Andi
-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-08 11:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <fMoIy-7gR-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2010-11-08  8:30 ` [PATCH RFC] Restrictions on module loading Bodo Eggert
2010-11-08 11:34   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2010-11-08  1:23 Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-08  5:14 ` Kees Cook
2010-11-08 10:20 ` Alan Cox
2010-11-08 12:23   ` Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-08 13:59     ` Alan Cox

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