Date: 26 Oct 2003 01:44:56 -0000 From: "Christian S.J.Peron" <maneo@bsdpro.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/58546: [patch] document how system security levels impact klds Message-ID: <20031026014456.41710.qmail@staff.seccuris.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200310260150.h9Q1oLN6017464@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 58546 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] document how system security levels impact klds >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 25 18:50:20 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christian S.J. Peron >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD movl 4.8-RELEASE-p13 FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 #1: Sat Oct 25 16:45:55 UTC 2003 cperon@movl:/usr/src/sys/compile/STAFF i386 >Description: The kld(4) manual page does not document how system security levels can impact the loading and unloadng of kernel modules. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: --- share/man/man4/kld.4.old Sat Oct 25 19:38:06 2003 +++ share/man/man4/kld.4 Sat Oct 25 19:57:57 2003 @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ .Xr kldstat 8 program is used to check the status of the modules currently loaded into the system. +.Pp +Kernel modules may only be loaded or unloaded if the system security level +.Dq kern.securelevel +is less than one. .Sh "MODULE TYPES" .Bl -ohang .It Em "Device Driver modules" @@ -125,7 +129,8 @@ .Xr devd 8 , .Xr kldload 8 , .Xr kldstat 8 , -.Xr kldunload 8 +.Xr kldunload 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 .Sh BUGS If a module B, is dependent on another module A, but is not compiled with module A as a dependency, then >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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