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| From | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? |
| Date | 2020-04-13 15:30 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2020-04-03 at 09:28 -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 04:52:07PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > I'm not sure I'd focus too much on the security implications of KSM, > > though, since it's widely enabled in Debian's generic kernel and kernels > > distributed by other distros. I don't want to cargo-cult it, but > > neither do I want to ignore prior art. > > If it's that widely available, then I think that's a good indicator that > the issues aren't driving practical attacks. So I think we shouldn't > refuse it due to the security questions. Enabling CONFIG_KSM only means that the feature is available. It's not active by default, so it should have no security impact unless the administrator chooses to enable it (through /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings 73.46% of all statistics are made up.
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What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-01 21:20 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Tom Ladd <losblues2000@gmail.com> - 2020-04-02 19:50 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Ross Vandegrift <rvandegrift@debian.org> - 2020-04-02 20:40 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-02 23:00 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Ross Vandegrift <rvandegrift@debian.org> - 2020-04-03 18:50 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-04-13 15:30 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-04 17:50 +0200
Re: What belongs in the Debian cloud kernel? Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2020-04-04 01:40 +0200
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