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* user mode access to kernel memory
@ 2010-01-29 10:12 Jan Beulich
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From: Jan Beulich @ 2010-01-29 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Tools like crash want to read /proc/mem to get access to RAM. This isn't
allowed under Xen due to the physical/machine address spaces being
distinct. I wonder, however, why this also isn't permitted through
privcmd (or really, why direct_remap_pfn_range() rejects DOMID_SELF,
but permits the resolved domain ID to be passed).

Thanks, Jan

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