From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Use CAP_SYS_RAWIO for firmware
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 12:28:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48208736.1050806@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080429142930.0181f078@core>
Alan Cox wrote:
> Otherwise theoretically at least
>
> CAP_NET_ADMIN
> Reload new firmware
> Wait..
> Firmware patches kernel
>
> So it should be CAY_SYS_RAWIO - not that I suspect this is in fact a
> credible attack vector!
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
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2008-04-29 13:29 [PATCH] cxgb3: Use CAP_SYS_RAWIO for firmware Alan Cox
2008-05-06 16:28 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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