linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:33:02 +0100
From:	Radoslaw Szkodzinski (AstralStorm) <lkml@...ralstorm.puszkin.org>
To:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:30:54 +1030
David Newall <david@...idnewall.com> wrote:

> Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > If Bob is malicious and creates /dev/sda1 with block-8-2 attribute [...]
> 
> Bob can't do that.  Only root can.

Not even root can, if you remove him the capability. Only udev can.
(which possibly doesn't have to run as root, given correct capability
set?)

Of course root may be able to change the configuration of udev to
create device nodes of his liking if you allow that...

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