On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:43:29AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: ... > This is *not* a security hole. In order to make it a security hole, you > need to be root in the first place.
Non-root users can write to places where root might believe they cannot write because he might be under the mistaken assumption that ro means ro. I am under the impression that that could have implications in some setups. ... > > - it's a misfeature that people are used to, and has been around forever. Sure, they're used it it, but I doubt they are aware of it. ... > so I really don't see why people excuse the new behaviour. We can certainly agree that a nicer fix would be nicer :) -- / jakob - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
