Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:04:56 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_dummy.c linux_misc.c Message-ID: <39768878.3D899AC@cup.hp.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000720001526.77319D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > Do you feel comfortable that this puts neither the kernel nor privileged > userland applications at risk? I.e., do we precisely emulate their > semantics and avoid introducing new security problems? No. > If the answer to either of these questions is no, I'd like to see this > backed out before the release. If there's a shift in how we treat Linuxulator security issues, I'd like it to be discussed first. If any of the security officers decides after looking at the code that the implementation is too dangerous, I'll back it out. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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