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Date:      29 Nov 2002 00:01:42 +0300
From:      "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ipfw ipfw2.c
Message-ID:  <1038517300.749.10.camel@vbook>
In-Reply-To: <20021128123857.A70108@xorpc.icir.org>
References:  <200211261958.gAQJwCal000509@repoman.freebsd.org> <1038477062.764.83.camel@vbook>  <20021128123857.A70108@xorpc.icir.org>

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=F7 Thu, 28.11.2002, =D7 23:38, Luigi Rizzo =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 12:51:03PM +0300, Vladimir B.  Grebenschikov wrot=
e:
> ...
> > So, one can abuse kernel by invalid ipfw instruction sequence, may be
> > kernel should check this while add rule ?
>=20
> yes the kernel it should check, i will try to add the (trivial)
> check code soon.
> On the other hand this can only happen as root, and there is
> a simpler way to panic a system:
>=20
> 	cat /dev/zero > /dev/mem
>=20
> so i guess this is not more dangerous.

Of course root have a lot of ways to panic system. But I think it is
better to detect miss-configuration instead of panic if it is possible.

> 	cheers
> 	luigi

--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
SWsoft Inc.

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