Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:22:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:22:44 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:18951 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:22:36 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:21:41 +0100 (CET) From: Dave Jones To: Alan Cox Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Subject: Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > We have also been over the fact that dmidecode, if written > > appropriately, could be setuid, or call a "dmicat" setuid program. > > This is a dmidecode implementation detail. > We've also proved the DMI data is too unreliable to be used, so the entire > problem space is irrelevant That's not a problem, remember Eric volunteered to maintain the enormous black list 8-) -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs - 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/