Re: kernel BUG at slab.c:1542!(2.4.1-pre9)

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:49:10 +0000 (GMT)

Tim Fletcher writes:
> What ever a none privilaged user space apps does witness:
>
> root@localhost# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/mem

If you can do that as a non-priviledged user, then you've got bigger
security problems than that.

/dev/mem should NOT be read/writable by anyone other than root. Its
permissions should be no more than 600.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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