From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
To: Jeff Hartmann <jhartmann@valinux.com>
Cc: Linux kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [CHECKER] 52 probable security holes in 2.4.6 and 2.4.6-ac2
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:26:51 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200107161826.f6GIQqlL002806@webber.adilger.int> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B530E9A.2080500@valinux.com> "from Jeff Hartmann at Jul 16, 2001 09:56:10 am"
Jeff Hartmann write:
> Kenneth Michael Ashcraft wrote:
> > [BUG] but mainly can make the kernel allocate unbounded amount of
> > memory and crash.
> This is not a bug. This is a root only ioctl called only during Xserver
> initialization/recycle. It can't be called anywhere else.
So you're saying that root is perfectly secure, and that the Xserver never
has any bugs in it? ;-)
Cheers, Andreas
--
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\ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-16 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-13 23:20 Kenneth Michael Ashcraft
2001-07-14 12:01 ` Alan Cox
2001-07-15 15:40 ` [PATCH] " Philipp Matthias Hahn
2001-07-16 15:56 ` Jeff Hartmann
2001-07-16 18:26 ` Andreas Dilger [this message]
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