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Date:      Tue, 25 Sep 2001 02:07:01 -0500
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   bogon in 4.x memory device
Message-ID:  <20010925020701.X97903@elvis.mu.org>

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without this top(1) fails on machines with raised securelevel.

can anyone review/comment?

Reported by: brian j. peterson <rbw@myplace.org> 

Index: mem.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/alpha/alpha/mem.c,v
retrieving revision 1.19.2.3
diff -u -r1.19.2.3 mem.c
--- mem.c	2000/05/14 00:29:44	1.19.2.3
+++ mem.c	2001/09/25 06:55:30
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 	switch (minor(dev)) {
 	case 0:
 	case 1:
-		if (securelevel >= 1)
+		if ((flags & FWRITE) && securelevel > 0)
 			return (EPERM);
 		break;
 	case 32:


-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'

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