On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 18:24, Greg KH wrote:
> > That's the reason it doesn't work. You need hotplug scripts that make
> > the device node. Unfortunately that's a race that causes insecurity.
> 
> Not true at all.  What's the race?

You issue a minor to someone
You create the node securely
You set permissions appropriately

Your box crashes

You reboot and assign a different device the id, but how will you clean up
the old node ?

Also the same is true of a race between an open and unload/reissue of a
minor, which while rare may occur. 

Solving them is hard but not I think impossible by any means



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