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Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/efivarfs: restrict inode permissions

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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:

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the efivars.
It's not about slowing down.
It's not about slowing down.
It's about "user Xyz is messing with the system and reading efi vars all the time" resulting in "user 'torvalds' is installing a kernel, and actually wants to read efi vars, but can't". if you don't make it per-user, you're just replacing one DoS attack with another one!
with another one!
Linus
Linus
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