http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521197 Summary: CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: roeland@linux-it.nl QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.0) Gecko/20090623 SUSE/3.5.0-7.1 Firefox/3.5 reading the linux journal august 2009 issue , page 72 ff shows ways to use /dev/mem for root kit activities. End of the story is that it seems wise to have CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM set in the kernels but it's not in oS11.1 (and supposedly all others below and derived from this product). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. zcat /proc/config/gz | grep DEVMEM 2. 3. Actual Results: # CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM not set -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.