On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Yann Droneaud <[email protected]> wrote: > libibverbs must refuse to load arbitrary shared objects. > > This patch check the configuration directory and files for > - being owned by root; > - not being writable by others.
uverbs is an unprivileged interface. Right now I can develop and test libibverbs and driver code as an unprivileged user. If I'm understanding correctly, this patch would break that -- I'd have to install to a root-owned directory to test. What's the exploit this protects against? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
