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Message-ID: <20121003220525.780cf3f2@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2012 22:05:25 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Kees Cook <kees@...flux.net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.6

> If this happens, I _really_ want to bring back the CONFIG options I had in
> an earlier version of this patch. I want to be able to declare the default
> at build time, and not leave a system vulnerable from boot until sysctls
> get set.

If your early boot code trusts a random writeable user directory I think
you have other problems.
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