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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] skge 0000:02:05: read data parity error
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:34:53 +0200
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:31:03PM +0100, Oliver Pinter (Pint=C3=A9r Ol=
iv=C3=A9r) wrote:
> I think, it is a potential security breakpoint, when applications wit=
h
> 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=20
there's nothing security related about this issue.

> Thanks,
> Oliver

cu
Adrian

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