Re: [PATCH] Read only syscall tables for x86_64 and i386

From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 16:01:57 EST


Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> AFS isn't even using it... after all it's not even exported.

Even if it is not exported, the OpenAFS kernel module can locate the
system call table using various methods. It most certainly does write
to the system call table, setting entry 137, which is reserved for the
afs system call, to the correct function address.

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Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
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