Ummm, the difference in that case was that it was a genuine security
hole, and this silly IDE thing is not.
This thing is shameful to the Linux community, not because the "flaw"
exists, but because so many people are arguing about "exploits" and
"exposing" things when this is not a security issue at all. Andre can
whinge about it all he wants, but this is really just not important.
There's nothing wrong with putting some sanity checks on the ioctl
interface, but that's all they are: they offer no protection against
an attack.
-- Dave
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