Bug 172808

Summary:	root_plug installed in modules.autoload
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Doreen Bordstedt <doreen.bordstedt>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/lxr/source/security/root_plug.c
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Doreen Bordstedt 2007-03-30 16:46:44 UTC

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

Comment 1 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-30 17:13:48 UTC

IMHO that's a kernel related issue, not a security issue. And definitely not a critical one.

Comment 2 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-30 18:08:10 UTC

Reassigning to kernel.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-30 18:41:48 UTC

Would be wonderful if you at least posted your kernel version...

Comment 4 Doreen Bordstedt 2007-03-30 21:53:22 UTC

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

Comment 5 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-30 23:28:12 UTC

ok, closing