Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.19-pre10-ac2 bug in page_alloc.c:131

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 20:39:05 EST

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Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> said:

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> Actually, then you should taint kernel for starting X, too... Anything
> running with root priviledges can scribble over memory.

Come on, a wild pointer in a random program running as root won't ever
bring the kernel down, as a wild pointer in a module certainly can/will.

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