On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Chris Wright wrote: > > Sorry, I missed the thread up to this, but this looks fundamentally > broken. The kill_proc_info_as_uid() idea is not sufficient because more > than uid/euid are needed for permission check. There's capabilities and > security labels. Not for this particular USB use, there isn't. Since you can only send a signal to yourself anyway, the uid/euid check is just testing that you're still who you were. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] 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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