Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:42:50 +0100 (BST) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/usb usb.h src/usr.sbin/usbd usbd.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004040942050.21207-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000403202657.Z23367@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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> > Since this is userland, I assume that the autoload will happen only if > > the security level will allow it? If not, there's a problem here. > > FYI, I'm pretty sure the same technique is used when ifconfig(8)ing a interface > that isn't loaded, or running vinum(8) without it in the kernel, etc. > > If this is allowed, it's kldload() to blame, not usbd/ifconfig/vinum It is definitely true that kldload should enforce the security settings, not userland utils (that are straightforward to write). Nick -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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