Re: security: delete BIOS password in keyboard buffer during kernel bootup

[Mathias Schnarrenberger]

> What if my BIOS stores some critical info at that memory address?
> I don't think the kernel is the right place to work around this issue.

AFAIK every IBM PC compatible BIOS stores the keyboard buffer in this area.

Mathias
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