From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:41:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:41:01 -0400 Received: from delhi1.mtnl.net.in ([203.94.243.51]:1666 "EHLO delhi1.mtnl.net.in") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:40:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 05:23:06 +0530 From: Sandip Bhattacharya To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ram device not initialised to zero in 2.4.8 Message-ID: <20010824052306.A3157@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: <200108232153.XAA06231@xilofon.it.uc3m.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <200108232153.XAA06231@xilofon.it.uc3m.es>; from ptb@it.uc3m.es on Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:53:43PM +0200 X-HomePage: http://www.sandipb.net X-OS: Linux kajaal.home 2.4.8 i586 unknown X-Serialmail-Rcpt: postman@kajaal.home Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:53:43PM +0200, Peter T. Breuer merrily said: > I don't see what harm it does, but the ram devices are full of > interesting data if you read them after setting them up. Either > this is a security hole waiting to happen, or somebody is being > very inventive with the fill ... Well. It would probably be the first possibility. I tried out what you said, and it showed me the contents of a mail which I had just sent out ... - Sandip -- ------------------------------------- Sandip Bhattacharya sandipb @ bigfoot.com http://www.sandipb.net -------------------------------------