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DATE | 2005-06-07 |
FROM | Billy
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Device Drivers Filled With Flaws, Threaten
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Ruben Safir wrote: >>.... >> >>I'm certain there will be dozens more examples if I were >>to really look. > > Does this include code in the user space as well? Or only the drivers > themselves? Can a black hat hacker create a program run from user space > to access a device in such a way as to create a problem?
I can imagine bad ioctls confusing a driver from userspace. Sure.
> Or does a bad drive driver act as a back door the Linux Kernel?
Yes.
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