Re: [PATCH] kmsg: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Apr 08 2013 - 17:34:44 EST


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kees Cook" <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Eric Paris" <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Linus Torvalds"
>> <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Christian Kujau" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "# 3.4.x" <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> "LKML" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:51:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmsg: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 02:54:48PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> poke. Nothing got applied. I'll drop
>> >> kmsg-honor-dmesg_restrict-sysctl-on-dev-kmsg.patch, see if that has any
>> >> effect ;)
>> >
>> > Oh dear.
>> >
>> > Eric, were you going to cleanup your suggestion and send it out?
>>
>> Ping? What state is this in?
>
> If Eric doesn't send a patch tomorrow, I will. Fedora is carrying my
> original patch, but I'd rather get this fixed everywhere.

Pinging again here. Any news on this?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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