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Message-ID: <adalkep85pq.fsf@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:04:17 -0700
From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To: "Anand Jahagirdar" <anandjigar@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, security@...nel.org,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, akpm@...eo.com,
"Daniel Hazelton" <dhazelton@...er.net>,
"Jens Axboe" <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
"Jiri Kosina" <jikos@...os.cz>
Subject: Re: Patch related with Fork Bobmbing Attack
> + /*
> + * following code does not allow Non Root User to cross its process
> + * limit. it alerts administrator about fork bombing attack and prevents
> + * it.
> + */
> if (atomic_read(&p->user->processes) >= p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur)
> if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
> - p->user != &root_user)
> -
> + p->user != &root_user) {
> + if (printk_ratelimit())
> + printk(KERN_CRIT"User with uid %d is crossing its process limit\n",p->user->uid);
> goto bad_fork_free;
> + }
please run scripts/checkpatch.pl against your patch. It will point
out numerous problems with the coding style. Also, I think a space
between KERN_CRIT and " would look better too.
- R.
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