Hi there, I am playing with the new root_plug feature of the Linux Kernel. I inserted the module at boot-time via /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6 and started the system without the desired device. After loading the root_plug module, root-operations are not permitted anymore. Lots of errors appear on the screen. If i plug in the device at this broken state, the runscript will have some trouble. It would be nice to find a proper solution for this issue. Something like: Cannot find desired root_plug_device: 0x200:0x100 Init stopped. Best regards, Doreen
IMHO that's a kernel related issue, not a security issue. And definitely not a critical one.
Reassigning to kernel.
Would be wonderful if you at least posted your kernel version...
Linux cray 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #1 PREEMPT Fri Mar 30 07:21:11 CEST 2007 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG=m # /etc/modules.d/root_plug options root_plug vendor_id=0x1000 product_id=0x200 Well, i actually read the documentation to the root_plug and finally noticed, that it is not intended to use in a working system. Best regards, Doreen
ok, closing