Re: LKM

[Pål Halvorsen <paalh%unik.no@localhost>]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Lennart Augustsson wrote:

> Pål Halvorsen wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is there any mechanisms that verify that the code in "loadable kernel
> > modules" is safe and does not perform operations compromising system
> > integrity?
> 
> Yes, but none of these are available in NetBSD

So the conclusion is that if a user want to crach the system, he/she might
do so by allowing the module do "illegal" operations on some kernel
structures.

The user must at least be root, or...?

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