Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl
Mark Johnston <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.security.general |
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| Message-ID | <20190703140805.GC83276@raichu> |
On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 06:55:26PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, > [email protected] wrote: > > >Topic: Privilege escalation in cd(4) driver > >... > >devfs.conf(5) and devfs.rules(5) can be used to remove read permissions from > >cd(4) devices. > > Would it be accurate to say that another possible workaround would be to > simply remove the optical drive from the system(s) entirely? That's correct. Note though that the problem can only be triggered when some media is present in the drive in the first place. > (I dunno about anybody else, but I personally don't even hardly use the > bloody things anymore anyway.) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"