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Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy from the passed cmdline

From Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy from the passed cmdline
Date 2017-08-30 15:30 +0200
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:57 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> The command line is visible to unpriviledged userspace (/proc/cmdline,
> dmesg). Is that a problem?

These files are not exposed to untrusted processes on Android.

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Nick Kralevich | Android Security | nnk@google.com | 650.214.4037

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Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy from the passed cmdline Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-08-30 12:00 +0200
  Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy  from the passed cmdline Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com> - 2017-08-30 15:30 +0200

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