On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > Actually, microcode driver checks CAP_SYS_RAWIO only on open() so it > would allow access to the receiver of fd even he has no CAP_SYS_RAWIO > privilege. Hmmm, maybe I should put it back into write() method, as > Linus (or someone else) did at some point (and I removed it)... Surely that's correct. Observe that root can send me an fd to /etc/shadow or /dev/kmem if it so chooses. Granted, the mtrr and microcode drivers aren't hugely useful to non-root code, but I see no reason why this should be a special case. MAtthew. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Richard Gooch
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Richard Gooch
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Tigran Aivazian
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Matthew Kirkwood
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capabl... Tigran Aivazian
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Chris Evans
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capabl... Richard Gooch
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/c... Jamie Lokier
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/sus... Richard Gooch
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Tigran Aivazian
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Matthew Kirkwood
- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ Andi Kleen
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- Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capabl... Andi Kleen