lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:47:24 +0200
From:	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>
To:	Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	edouard.tisserant@...adoo.fr
Subject: Re: Acecad USB Tablet: usbmouse takeover and odd motion

On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 06:09:55PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> On 4/20/07, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> >On 4/20/07, Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, it seems I was wrong, it's not usbhid but usbmouse taking over.
> >> After a fresh plug (e.g. at bootup) I get the following:
> >>
> >
> >Well, the question is - why do you have usbmouse module on your system?
> 
> Stock Debian kernel 2.6.18 comes with it.
> 
> With my custom kernels I can probably skip compiling it at all, if you
> so suggest; should I blacklist it for the distro kernel? Or is there a
> chance that some random USB mouse plugged in would fail to function by
> doing so?
 
usbmouse and usbkbd are only intended for embedded systems where the
full usbhid doesn't fit and for testing purposes: Normal distros
shouldn't have them enabled.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
Director SuSE Labs
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ