linux-kernel - Re: [1/2] vmalloc: Show vmalloced areas via /proc/vmallocinfo

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Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:04:36 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [1/2] vmalloc: Show vmalloced areas via /proc/vmallocinfo

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:27:02 -0700
Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:

> Implement a new proc file that allows the display of the currently
> allocated vmalloc memory.

> +	proc_create("vmallocinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, NULL,


why should non-root be able to read this? sounds like a security issue (info leak) to me...




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