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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
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n_hibma@freebsd.org                                          USB project
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