Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264919AbUFLUn4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:43:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264920AbUFLUn4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:43:56 -0400 Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]:31955 "EHLO pimout1-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264919AbUFLUnz (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:43:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:43:52 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Egmont Koblinger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: information leak in vga console scrollback buffer Message-ID: <20040612204352.GA22347@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 18 On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:01:43PM +0200, Egmont Koblinger wrote: > Using the standard vga console, it is easily possible to read some > random pieces of texts that were scrolled out a long time ago (often > you can see your boot messages or similar stuff even after switcing > to another console or even to X. All you need is a local user access > to the console. Feature not bug. --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/