Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:39:39 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, 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.4.21.0004042039150.250-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004040942050.21207-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Nick Hibma wrote: > > > 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). kldload(2) will refuse to load the module if the securelevel is raised. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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