Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:01:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:01:55 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:56824 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:01:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:05:46 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , lkml Subject: Re: [patch] printk from userspace Message-ID: <20020814000546.B15947@redhat.com> References: <3D59CBFA.9CFC9FEE@zip.com.au> <20020813235803.A15947@redhat.com> <3D59D5E6.1010608@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3D59D5E6.1010608@zytor.com>; from hpa@zytor.com on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:00:38PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 845 Lines: 21 On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:00:38PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > First of all, only CAP_SYS_ADMIN. As far as spamming the ring buffer, > that's trivial to do today by just sending a bunch of bad network > packets, Not true, network logging is rate limited. > or attaching a USB CD-ROM without a disc in the drive (yes, > really... on my wife's laptop it was so bad that unless she unplugged > the CD-ROM syslogd was eating her system alive), or... Well, that's more of a bug and requires console access anyways. -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." - 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/