Hello list, I have set up my test-box with help from Kumar Amit Mehta. I would like to start kernel janitorial work and would like to take up the below task found in TODO link ( http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo ):- "...From: Hans Grobler - audit ioctl functions to make sure there is no way a user can crash the machine or do sensitive stuff. For example, check for the necessary capabilities. Check that no userspace pointers are accessed directly. be careful with this... it takes a while to figure out which ioctls are covered by the parent ioctl function (these can be nested to great depths)..." I looked at the mailing lists and found no one is working on this. Please correct my understanding. I am new to kernel newbies, so this is what i think before starting:- 1. Contact Hans Grobler for starting up ? 2. Find files with ioctl functions already implemented and do the required assessment. Also, needed some advise on git branching to work on the kernel. Your advise will be helpful. Sincerely, Immi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
