linux-kernel - Re: Can access to /proc/$PID/exe be relaxed?

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Message-ID: <20090721171741.GA28764@tango.0pointer.de>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:17:41 +0200
From:	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can access to /proc/$PID/exe be relaxed?

On Tue, 21.07.09 19:06, Denys Vlasenko (vda.linux@...glemail.com) wrote:

> 
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Lennart Poettering<mzxreary@...inter.de> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Unless I am mistaken a process currently needs CAP_SYS_PTRACE to read
> > /proc/$PID/exe for abritrary processes.
> 
> You mean "readlink'?

Yes.

Lennart

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