linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] mprotect patch for use by SLIM

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:42:28 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LSM ML <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Safford <safford@...ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>, Serge Hallyn <sergeh@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] mprotect patch for use by SLIM

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 10:24 -0700, Kylene Jo Hall wrote:
> This small patch makes mprotect available for use by SLIM for
> write revocation. 

Hmmm.   Do you really want mprotect() itself?  Or, do you just want to
keep people from writing?  (there is a difference :)

If somebody mmap()s something with write permissions, I would expect
them to expect to see rw in /proc/<pid>/maps.  If you use mprotect() on
that mmap() to remove the write permissions, the permissions will be
reflected in /proc/<pid>/maps.  

-- Dave

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