linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix overbroad /proc/timer

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:44:39 -0500
From:	Joe Korty <joe.korty@...r.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix overbroad /proc/timer_list file permissions

Fix overbroad file permissions on /proc/timer_list.

/proc/timer_list has 0644 permissions, this should be 0444.

Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@...r.com>

Index: 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/time/timer_list.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.28-rc6.orig/kernel/time/timer_list.c	2008-11-25 17:32:46.000000000 -0500
+++ 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/time/timer_list.c	2008-11-25 17:33:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0644, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0444, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;

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