| To: | "Hill, Steven" <sjhill@mips.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH v4] MIPS: Make CP0 config registers readable via sysfs. |
| From: | David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:05:05 -0800 |
| Cc: | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>, "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, "ralf@linux-mips.org" <ralf@linux-mips.org> |
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On 01/04/2013 10:38 AM, Hill, Steven wrote: You're exporting privileged context outside the kernel -- have all the security implications been considered?Maciej, I have gone through the config registers bit-by-bit and I do not see where there are any security implications. [...] Unless you can provide a counterexample, this patch does not compromise the system in anyway. The patch stands alone. Any security problems it might have are completely unrelated to any hypothetical Counter Examples. David Daney |
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