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bsdinstall: Harden reading the kernel message buffer
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Authored by jlduran on Oct 17 2025, 4:40 PM.
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Summary

When choosing the option to harden reading the kernel message buffer by
an unprivileged user in bsdinstall, access to the kernel message buffer
is restricted via its sysctl (security.bsd.unprivileged_read_msgbuf=0).

In order for this setting to be effective, access to this data via
system logs must also be restricted. Add the necessary hooks to
restrict access to the log files:

  • /var/log/messages
  • /var/run/dmesg.boot ($dmesg_file)

PR: 272552

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