Re: 'lock' modules?

David Marshall (marshall@athena.net.dhis.org)
07 Jun 2000 20:42:14 -0500


Jason Venner <jason@idiom.com> writes:

> It would be nice to lock modules down for the case of running in
> chrooted environments, so that even if root is captured, the risk of
> breakout is reduced.
>
> This is weak, since chrooting itself is a weak security feature.

If root is compromised, the attacker can still access kernel memory.

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