linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] Restrictions on module loading

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Message-ID: <87zktkqcb4.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:34:07 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	7eggert@....de
Cc:	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>, security@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Restrictions on module loading

Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> writes:
>
> - What about task switches or work queues?

That's indeed a problem. All request_module()s would need auditing
and if there's any triggered from a workqueue a new interface
that passes the credentials around.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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