linux-kernel - Re: RLIMIT_NPROC check in set

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Message-ID: <20110706173631.GA5431@albatros>
Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:36:31 +0400
From:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: RLIMIT_NPROC check in set_user()

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 17:09 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> I'd be happy to hear opinions about improving the fixes above or
> alternative fixes.

No comments?  Even "Sigh, what a nasty problem.  But we cannot really
fix it without significantly breaking the stuff.  Go and drink something." ?

-- 
Vasiliy
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