From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: restrict access to slab files under procfs and sysfs
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:16:58 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110927191658.GB4820@albatros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1109271304470.11361@router.home>
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 13:08 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Possible candidates:
>
> christoph@oldy:~/n/linux-2.6$ grep proc_create mm/*
> mm/swapfile.c: proc_create("swaps", 0, NULL, &proc_swaps_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("buddyinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &fragmentation_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("pagetypeinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("vmstat", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_vmstat_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("zoneinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_zoneinfo_file_operations);
>
> vmstat and zoneinfo in particular give similar information to what is
> revealed through the slab proc files.
Do you know whether these files are actively used? I don't want to
break tools like "free" or "top". In this case we'll have to discover
another way to limit this information.
Thank you!
--
Vasiliy Kulikov
http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environments
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From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: restrict access to slab files under procfs and sysfs
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:16:58 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110927191658.GB4820@albatros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1109271304470.11361@router.home>
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 13:08 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Possible candidates:
>
> christoph@oldy:~/n/linux-2.6$ grep proc_create mm/*
> mm/swapfile.c: proc_create("swaps", 0, NULL, &proc_swaps_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("buddyinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &fragmentation_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("pagetypeinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("vmstat", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_vmstat_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("zoneinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_zoneinfo_file_operations);
>
> vmstat and zoneinfo in particular give similar information to what is
> revealed through the slab proc files.
Do you know whether these files are actively used? I don't want to
break tools like "free" or "top". In this case we'll have to discover
another way to limit this information.
Thank you!
--
Vasiliy Kulikov
http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environments
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From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: restrict access to slab files under procfs and sysfs
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:16:58 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110927191658.GB4820@albatros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1109271304470.11361@router.home>
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 13:08 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Possible candidates:
>
> christoph@oldy:~/n/linux-2.6$ grep proc_create mm/*
> mm/swapfile.c: proc_create("swaps", 0, NULL, &proc_swaps_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("buddyinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &fragmentation_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("pagetypeinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("vmstat", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_vmstat_file_operations);
> mm/vmstat.c: proc_create("zoneinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_zoneinfo_file_operations);
>
> vmstat and zoneinfo in particular give similar information to what is
> revealed through the slab proc files.
Do you know whether these files are actively used? I don't want to
break tools like "free" or "top". In this case we'll have to discover
another way to limit this information.
Thank you!
--
Vasiliy Kulikov
http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environments
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2011-09-27 17:54 [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 1/2] mm: restrict access to slab files under procfs and sysfs Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 17:54 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 17:54 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 17:56 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 2/2] mm: restrict access to /proc/meminfo Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 17:56 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 17:56 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 18:27 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Rientjes
2011-09-27 18:27 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 18:27 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 19:14 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:14 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:14 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:38 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:38 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:38 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 20:03 ` [kernel-hardening] " Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 20:03 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 20:03 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 20:33 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Rientjes
2011-09-27 20:33 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 20:33 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 20:47 ` [kernel-hardening] " Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 20:47 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 20:47 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-28 20:31 ` [kernel-hardening] " Dave Hansen
2011-09-28 20:31 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-28 20:31 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-28 20:52 ` [kernel-hardening] " Alan Cox
2011-09-28 20:52 ` Alan Cox
2011-09-28 20:52 ` Alan Cox
2011-09-29 0:43 ` [kernel-hardening] " Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 0:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 14:11 ` [kernel-hardening] " Christoph Lameter
2011-09-29 14:11 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-29 14:11 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-29 16:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 16:18 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 16:18 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 16:30 ` [kernel-hardening] " Dave Hansen
2011-09-29 16:30 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-29 16:30 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-29 16:43 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 16:43 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 16:57 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 16:57 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-09-29 17:25 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 17:25 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 17:28 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 17:28 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-29 17:28 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-28 21:46 ` [kernel-hardening] " Andrew Morton
2011-09-28 21:46 ` Andrew Morton
2011-09-28 21:46 ` Andrew Morton
2011-09-30 19:53 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 19:53 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 19:53 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 20:03 ` [kernel-hardening] " Andrew Morton
2011-09-30 20:03 ` Andrew Morton
2011-09-30 20:03 ` Andrew Morton
2011-09-30 20:12 ` [kernel-hardening] " Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 20:12 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 20:12 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-30 20:15 ` [kernel-hardening] " Dave Hansen
2011-09-30 20:15 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-30 20:15 ` Dave Hansen
2011-09-27 18:08 ` [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: restrict access to slab files under procfs and sysfs Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 18:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 18:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 19:16 ` Vasiliy Kulikov [this message]
2011-09-27 19:16 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:16 ` Vasiliy Kulikov
2011-09-27 19:35 ` [kernel-hardening] " Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 19:35 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 19:35 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-09-27 18:21 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Rientjes
2011-09-27 18:21 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 18:21 ` David Rientjes
2011-09-27 20:00 ` [kernel-hardening] " Pekka Enberg
2011-09-27 20:00 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-09-27 20:00 ` Pekka Enberg
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