Re: Linux 3.6
From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Oct 03 2012 - 17:04:09 EST
On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 10:05:25PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > If this happens, I _really_ want to bring back the CONFIG options I had in
> > an earlier version of this patch. I want to be able to declare the default
> > at build time, and not leave a system vulnerable from boot until sysctls
> > get set.
>
> If your early boot code trusts a random writeable user directory I think
> you have other problems.
You should see some of the things various Android devices do! :)
-Kees
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