> Nefarius person gains access to a tty (can't be telnet, must
> be a bona fide tty) and type the following
>
> theseus:~$ loadkeys
> string F55 = "\nfoobar\n"
> keycode 69 = F55
> theseus:~$
>
> Then, a legitimate user logs into the system, and when that
You mean you dont restore the keyboard map in your getty ?
> case KDGETKEYCODE:
> case KDSETKEYCODE:
> - return do_kbkeycode_ioctl(cmd, (struct kbkeycode *)arg, perm);
> + if (!suser()) /* Added superuser checks to avoid naughty people */
Why are you stopping non root users retrieving maps
Alan
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