On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 18:27 +0200, Florian Zumbiehl wrote: > see, that's why I am trying to consult with you before trying to > "muck around with this kind of code". However, you may have noticed > that this message of yours was rather much void of any information > that could help me in doing so. Also, you are welcome to fix the > bug I was reporting using your understanding of the code, so I > don't have to "muck around with this kind of code" - I really am > not all that keen on doing so. > But you haven't reported a bug. You say that setting the mode of a device node before setting the ownership is a security issue, *but* you have not demonstrated how this might be exploited. Since device nodes are created with root ownership, setting the mode before the ownership is *not a concern* because it can only have less access than afterwards. Scott -- Scott James Remnant scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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