On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 05:25:33PM -0000, Kees Cook wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:21:38AM -0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > What is being protected by this mode change? This kernel is distributed > > on hundreds of mirrors -- there is no secret in here. > > The mode changes do not protect a system from any dedicated attacker (for > the reason you state), but it does have real-world benefits against > simplistic kernel exploitation (keeping kernel symbols away from non-root > users). It is absolutely a trade-off.
This non-root user that we imagine has no access to the world wide web? This is absolutely nuts, sorry. Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759725 Title: The kernel is no longer readable by non-root users -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
