From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932105AbWGGKfr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:35:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932113AbWGGKfr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:35:47 -0400 Received: from coyote.holtmann.net ([217.160.111.169]:44455 "EHLO mail.holtmann.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932105AbWGGKfq (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:35:46 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.17.4 From: Marcel Holtmann To: Chase Venters Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <200607061824.46990.chase.venters@clientec.com> References: <20060706222704.GB2946@kroah.com> <20060706222841.GD2946@kroah.com> <200607061824.46990.chase.venters@clientec.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:34:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1152268492.3693.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Chase, > > case PR_SET_DUMPABLE: > > - if (arg2 < 0 || arg2 > 2) { > > + if (arg2 < 0 || arg2 > 1) { > > error = -EINVAL; > > break; > > } > > Am I staring at this crooked, or not looking deep enough? My manual page for > prctl says 2 is valid there. Specifically: > > Since kernel 2.6.13, the value 2 is also permitted; this causes > any binary which normally would not be dumped to be dumped read- > able by root only. (See also the description of > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable in proc(5).) > > ...has something changed, and my manpages don't reflect it? Did I miss a > conversation about this? the manual page must change. This paragraph must be removed. Regards Marcel