Re: VIA/ACE PadLock integration with crypto(9).

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:49:07 +0200
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:23:56AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
+> At 12:20 PM 18/08/2005, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
+> >+>
+> >+> It probably worth a security advisory.
+> >It's only a local DoS on systems with crypto HW and /dev/crypto.
+> >Note that /dev/crypto is not needed for fast_ipsec(4) with HW
+> >acceleration, nor for geli(8).
+> >Workaround is also very simple:
+> >        # chmod 600 /dev/crypto
+> 
+> FYI,
+>          I have been running with the patch on a RELENG_4 box and it prevents the DoS
[...]
+> Any chance to MFC it back to RELENG_4 ?

Done.

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