linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20070311005507.GC10459@waste.org>
Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:55:07 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <kees@...flux.net>, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 04:21:01PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:33:41 -0800 Kees Cook <kees@...flux.net> wrote:
> > Here's another revision, with both the "can ptrace" and the global /proc 
> > knob;
> 
> We'd be needing a changelog for that.
> 
> Please update the procfs documentation.
> 
> Does the patch also cover /proc/pid/smaps?

Also, we ought to revisit /proc/pid/mem write, which is currently disabled.
Either drop the code, fix it, or make it root only.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/