linux-kernel - Re: [kernel] Question about 2.6.28 kernel

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:36:13 +0100 (CET)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	Alex <eosyop@...il.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel] Question about 2.6.28 kernel

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Alex wrote:
> Thanks for reply. Here is the post, it appears when i try to write into
> kernel memory.  :

Thanks for the Oops. But again, you might have to share a little more 
information, either here on lkml on with the security team. I'm no kernel 
developer but I wonder *what exactly* are you doing to produce this Oops.

> Pid: 3887, comm: insmod Not tainted (2.6.28 #2) HP Pavilion dv2700

Which module did you just insert? Is it your own trying to write to kernel 
memory? Can we see the source of that? However, since you're are root 
anyway to load this module, you can of course do all kinds of shenanigans 
to memory and the kernel might just Oops rightfully so.

Christian.
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