Re: [BUG] skge 0000:02:05: read data parity error

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Jan 14 2008 - 16:48:43 EST


On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:41:52PM +0100, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r) wrote:
> On 1/14/08, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:31:03PM +0100, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r)
> > wrote:
> > > I think, it is a potential security breakpoint, when applications with
> > > root permission its read, then a machine is freezed, or only i thin
> > > it's?
> >
> > When you are root there are infinite ways to kill your machine, so
> > there's nothing security related about this issue.
>
> Yes, i know, but when some application or daemons read some file with
> running root privileges, then ...

It's always been that way, this is nothing new.

thanks,

greg k-h
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