Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756135AbYFBC1x (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:27:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753339AbYFBC1m (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:27:42 -0400 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.21]:39581 "EHLO orsmga101.jf.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753438AbYFBC1W (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:27:22 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,575,1204531200"; d="scan'208";a="389249135" Message-ID: <48435A89.2090004@linux.intel.com> Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:27:21 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Morris CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Greg KH , Hugh Dickins , Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Top kernel oopses/warnings for the week of May 30th 2008 References: <48402DAA.60202@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1108 Lines: 30 James Morris wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >> Rank 4: task_has_capability (warning) >> Reported 181 times (202 total reports) >> [out of tree] Bug in the proprietary firegl driver >> warning only shows up in tainted kernels >> This warning was last seen in version 2.6.25.3, and first seen in >> 2.6.25. >> More info: >> http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=task_has_capability > > This is a shining example of why people should avoid binary drivers. I'd > guess that the bug is related to the new 64-bit capability code. > > It'd be really interesting to know what this driver is doing with > capabilities in the first place. it's easy; it's making the user root via the following function: void ATI_API_CALL KCL_PosixSecurityCapSetEffectiveVector(KCL_TYPE_Cap cap) { capt_t(current->cap_effective) = cap; } -- 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/