Re: [CHECKER] 52 probable security holes in 2.4.6 and 2.4.6-ac2

Andreas Dilger (adilger@turbolinux.com)
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:26:51 -0600 (MDT)

Jeff Hartmann write:
> Kenneth Michael Ashcraft wrote:
> > [BUG] but mainly can make the kernel allocate unbounded amount of
> > memory and crash.
> This is not a bug. This is a root only ioctl called only during Xserver
> initialization/recycle. It can't be called anywhere else.

So you're saying that root is perfectly secure, and that the Xserver never
has any bugs in it? ;-)

Cheers, Andreas

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