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Message-ID: <CABDyM6RdnY0OHcWauS124nXVpPj_8pOLVd6gcaLbTgCHBoQang@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:31:54 -0500 From: Richard Yao <ryao@...stonybrook.edu> To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com> CC: Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@...il.com>, <david@...g.hm>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space? > The impact of the bug won't also reduce, on most cases, as the userspace driver > will very likely require root capabilities. This is incorrect. root capabilities can be isolated via security frameworks like SELinux. Ring 0 code cannot. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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