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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: "Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)" <oliver.pntr@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	gregkh@suse.de
Subject: Re: [BUG] skge 0000:02:05: read data parity error
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:34:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080114213453.GJ9847@does.not.exist> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6101e8c40801141331n3cb66c04pc74ff07faf04c8fd@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:31:03PM +0100, Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér) wrote:
> I think, it is a potential security breakpoint, when applications with
> root permission its read, then a machine is freezed, or only i thin
> it's?

When you are root there are infinite ways to kill your machine, so 
there's nothing security related about this issue.

> Thanks,
> Oliver

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-14 21:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-14 19:57 [BUG] skge 0000:02:05: read data parity error Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)
2008-01-14 20:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-01-14 21:01   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-14 21:30     ` Greg KH
2008-01-14 21:31     ` Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)
2008-01-14 21:34       ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2008-01-14 21:41         ` Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)
2008-01-14 21:48           ` Greg KH
2008-01-14 21:52           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-14 21:58             ` Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)
2008-01-14 22:37               ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-01-14 21:38       ` Greg KH
2008-01-14 21:44         ` Oliver Pinter (Pintér Olivér)

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