linux-kernel - Re: super root shell/mode/api

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Message-ID: <20090519155426.3af0ca72@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2009 15:54:26 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrea <andrea256it@...oo.it>
Cc:	7eggert@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: super root shell/mode/api

> With this super shell/mode/menu in less then one second, you stop
> everything - a global SIGSTP - and gain control over your machine!

Too late, the attacker has already patched your "super shell" out and
disabled it. I don't think you can outreact a 3GHz processor.

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