Re: execve from the kernel ??

[Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/5/05, Sebastian Skar <sebastianskar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to execute an executable ELF file
> > > > from within the kernel ?
> > > > something like fork+execve from a kernel module ?
> > >
> > > Yes, you can exceute a user space application through
> > > call_usermodehelper function. But keep in mind that the application
> > > will run with root rights but run in user space ...
> > >
> > thanks!
> > it says that it "Must be called from process context".
> > can i use it from kernel module's init function ?

Yes it can be called from init_module (its confirm, I used it that
way) ! And AFAIK init_module is called at process context through
insmod ....

> oops, i replied from a friend's terminal...
> the question still stands, though :)
>

No Problem ! :)

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