Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 06:45:02 +0200 | From | Matan Peled <> | Subject | Re: Question about /dev/mem and /dev/kmem |
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Jim Nelson wrote:
> I was looking at some articles about rootkits on monolithic kernels, and had a thought. Would a kernel config option to disable write > access to /dev/mem and /dev/kmem be a workable idea?
Yes, its a workable idea, and in fact, has already been implemented in grsecurity.
http://www.grsecurity.net/features.php
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