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From: Mihai Moise (mcartoaj@mat.ulaval.ca)
Date: Wed 10 Jan 2001 - 02:17:58 IST


Hello,

I have some questions about the svgalib_helper module. Does it allow user processes access to the VGA registers, and if so doesn't it create a security hole?

If the module only allowed acces to the VGA card's memory, could user processes still burn the screen using I/O mapped registers?

Mihai

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