linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: prevent SAK to kill init process

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Date:	Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:40:41 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: prevent SAK to kill init process

Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> writes:

> hi,
>
> hitting "Secure Attention Key" on console that's openned
> by init process, causing panic due to an attempt to kill
> the init process.
>
> Fixing this by skipping the init process in the loop.

This sounds like proper behavior.  The goal of SAK is the guarantee that
no one else has the tty one, and this violates that goal.  Which version
init opens a controlling tty?  I expect it is time to deliver SIGCLUE
to it.

Eric
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