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> On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 07:23:34PM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 18:23, Petr Mladek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > -
> > > pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("**
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** This system shows unhashed kernel memory addresses
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** via the console, logs, and other interfaces. This
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** might reduce the security of your system.
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("**
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** If you see this message and you are not debugging
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** the kernel, report this immediately to your system
> > > **\n");
> >
> > While we're here: This paragraph can be shortened by saying what
> > kernel/trace/trace.c says ("..., report this immediately to your
> > vendor!") which avoids the "administrator! <lots of wasted spaces>".
>
> Aren't we discussed that and the point was that kernel configuration option is
> in administrator's realm?
>
> > > - pr_warn("** administrator!
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("**
> > > **\n");
> > > - pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
> > > **\n");
> > > -
> > > pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
If you actually want anyone to notice it you need to splat it out
when root logs in - not just hidden in the middle of the boot messages.
David
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