On 11/5/05, Sebastian Skar <sebastianskar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is it possible to execute an executable ELF file > from within the kernel ? > something like fork+execve from a kernel module ? > Yes, you can exceute a user space application through call_usermodehelper function. But keep in mind that the application will run with root rights but run in user space ... -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
