Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules and security

2019-03-22 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 3/22/19 10:46 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Years ago, in the days of Yggdrasil I think, the received wisdom was that > enabling kernel module loading was a bad idea because an attacker might be > able to load malicious software directly into the kernel. No modules --> one > mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules and security

2019-03-22 Thread Andrew Savchenko
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:46:20 + Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Years ago, in the days of Yggdrasil I think, the received wisdom was that > enabling kernel module loading was a bad idea because an attacker might be > able to load malicious software directly into the kernel. No modules

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules and security

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 10:46 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Years ago, in the days of Yggdrasil I think, the received wisdom was that > enabling kernel module loading was a bad idea because an attacker might be > able to load malicious software directly into the kernel. No modules --> one > more at

[gentoo-user] Kernel modules and security

2019-03-22 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Years ago, in the days of Yggdrasil I think, the received wisdom was that enabling kernel module loading was a bad idea because an attacker might be able to load malicious software directly into the kernel. No modules --> one more attack route closed. What is the current thinking o