FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl

[Ronald F. Guilmette]

In message <20190703004928.576CA1A7DE at freefall.freebsd.org>, 
freebsd-security at freebsd.org wrote:

>Topic:          Privilege escalation in cd(4) driver
>...
>devfs.conf(5) and devfs.rules(5) can be used to remove read permissions from
>cd(4) devices.

Would it be accurate to say that another possible workaround would be to
simply remove the optical drive from the system(s) entirely?

(I dunno about anybody else, but I personally don't even hardly use the
bloody things anymore anyway.)