Vaio eeprom security issue

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:36:17PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 
> 3* Define a security policy for that password issue. I think we simply
> should disable the Vaio EEPROM in the eeprom module if we find there is
> a password set. It could be forced using the force_eeprom module
> parameter (or should we define another module parameter?) Another
> possibility is to hide that particular field instead, but I'm not sure
> it's worth the work.

How about only allowing root (or the proper CAP_* value) to read this
value.  I imagine it would be useful for some people to get access to
this for legimate reasons.

thanks,

greg k-h