Re: [PATCH] msr v3 available

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:23:01 -0500 (EST)


Richard Gooch writes:

> Hi, all. Version 3 of my msr patch is now available from:
...
> - Included patch which adds an ioctl() on /proc/<pid>/mem for
> translating virtual to physical addresses

As you've been told before, this is a security hole.
Users have no business knowing what physical addresses
are being used. While many people are struggling to close
information leaks and DoS attacks, you open more.

This gets very serious when Linux allows a limited number of
locked pages for each normal user.

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