Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755550Ab0DOSEI (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:04:08 -0400 Received: from ksp.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.206]:41176 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755243Ab0DOSEG (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:04:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:03:54 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: wzt.wzt@gmail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, zippel@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: Make config Filter access to /dev/mem default y Message-ID: <20100415180353.GE1443@ucw.cz> References: <20100413025228.GC10860@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100413025228.GC10860@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 822 Lines: 28 > config STRICT_DEVMEM > bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" > + default y > ---help--- > If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all > of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental > @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ config STRICT_DEVMEM > This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of > /dev/mem. > > - If in doubt, say Y. > + If in doubt, say N. > Eek. So... what is it? -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/