Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Mileski <> | Subject | Re: Security Hole? | Date | Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:13:34 -0500 (EST) |
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>> I've noticed that the linux kernel allows anyone to freely >> request/release IRQ, DMA, and I/O. Is this a security >> hole, or am I missing something that only allows root to >> do these things? > >Those operations and only done by the device drivers at startup, so >only have access to those resources through the kernel, you can't use >them, only the device driver makes use of it. > >Miguell
Thanks for the info.
-- Andrew E. Mileski --
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