linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ARM ATTEND] catching up on exploit mitigations

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Message-ID: <51F853E1.2080808@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:01:37 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ARM ATTEND] catching up on exploit mitigations

On 07/30/2013 04:33 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>>
>> If you're running it as a regular user and you can brick the board,
>> you might have bigger problems.
> 
> Exactly, and finding those problems tends to be worth the hardware hassle. :)
> 

Even as root the number of things allowed to brick the hardware is quite
small.  Call it destructive testing.

	-hpa


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