The patch titled
restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog-checkpatch-fixes-fix
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog-fix.patch
This patch was dropped because it was folded into restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog.patch
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog-checkpatch-fixes-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog-fix Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog-fix
+++ a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -216,11 +216,14 @@ to decide what to do with it.
dmesg_restrict:
-This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented
-from using dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log
-buffer. By default, it is set to (0), resulting in no
-restrictions. When set to (1), users must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-to use dmesg(8).
+This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using
+dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When
+dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When
+dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN to use
+dmesg(8).
+
+The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the default
+value of dmesg_restrict.
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
hpet-factor-timer-allocate-from-open.patch
atomic-add-atomic_inc_not_zero_hint.patch
drivers-misc-bh1770glcc-error-handling-in-bh1770_power_state_store.patch
restrict-unprivileged-access-to-kernel-syslog.patch
leds-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer.patch
backlight-add-low-threshold-to-pwm-backlight.patch
arch-x86-kernel-entry_32s-work-around-gas-2161-glitch.patch
arch-x86-include-asm-fixmaph-mark-__set_fixmap_offset-as-__always_inline.patch
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