<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_REOPENED " title="REOPENED --- - src/shared/dev-setup.c is creating /dev/core symlink without checking if /proc/kcore is present" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65382#c8">Comment # 8</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_REOPENED " title="REOPENED --- - src/shared/dev-setup.c is creating /dev/core symlink without checking if /proc/kcore is present" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65382">bug 65382</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:itumaykin@gmail.com" title="Coacher <itumaykin@gmail.com>"> Coacher</a> <pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=65382#c5">comment #5</a>) > Oh, there is such a kernel config option available without gresecurity? > What's its name? As Michał already said it is CONFIG_PROC_KCORE. > Well, the kernel maintains /proc/kcore, and if this cannot be turned off in > normal kernels then I see no reasons to support not creating the symlink for > it. We do not support patched kernels like this, that's all. > > If disabling kcore is indeed available as an option in vanilla kernels, then > this would change the story however. Oh, I see your point now and it's rational. I thought you were aware that /proc/kcore is optional in vanilla kernel. Please add a fix.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>