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| From | Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? |
| Date | 2016-09-27 12:39 -0400 |
| Organization | None |
| Message-ID | <nse7qa$6dd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <4svkubl9fpf4fut5tq8chgg6pqbtut0clt@net.com> <e4vidrFaf0kU1@mid.individual.net> <e4vj0jFai6aU1@mid.individual.net> |
Mike Easter wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > Mike Easter wrote: >> Yrrah wrote: >>> And now explained to the unitiated? ;-) >> >> Drivers in the kernel is a HUGE problem. > > So far, for quick reading, I recommend the wp articles on microkernels > and loadable kernel modules. > > "LKMs effectively become part of the running kernel, so can corrupt > kernel data structures and produce bugs that may not be able to be > investigated if the module is indeed proprietary." You mean a *tainted* module can be loaded!?!?! :-) -- In India, "cold weather" is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it mushy. -- Mark Twain
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"Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2016-09-27 16:28 +0200
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? jrg <connyank@cox.net> - 2016-09-27 08:25 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 08:43 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-09-27 15:51 +0000
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 09:03 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-27 18:26 +0200
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 09:35 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-09-27 16:43 +0000
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-28 06:59 -0400
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-09-27 16:42 +0000
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-09-27 18:53 +0200
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-09-27 21:07 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-28 07:36 -0400
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-28 10:28 +0000
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-28 10:55 +0000
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-27 08:53 -0700
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-09-27 12:39 -0400
Re: "Linux kernel security needs a rethink" ? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-28 06:56 -0400
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