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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/3365: LKMs are a security hole -- need way to disable them
Message-ID:  <199704211840.LAA05828@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/3365; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, pst@jnx.com
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/3365: LKMs are a security hole -- need way to disable them
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 04:30:38 +1000

 >I'd like to request two changes:
 >
 >(a) if securitylevel > N then LKM loading is disabled in the kernel
 >	(N = the same level that disables changing of the schg flag)
 
 This is standard in all versions later than 2.1.0 (N = 0).
 
 Bruce



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