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From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>,
	arjan@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:55:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070311005507.GC10459@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070310162101.716b6b57.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 04:21:01PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:33:41 -0800 Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> wrote:
> > Here's another revision, with both the "can ptrace" and the global /proc 
> > knob;
> 
> We'd be needing a changelog for that.
> 
> Please update the procfs documentation.
> 
> Does the patch also cover /proc/pid/smaps?

Also, we ought to revisit /proc/pid/mem write, which is currently disabled.
Either drop the code, fix it, or make it root only.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-11  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20070307012234.GN9621@outflux.net>
     [not found] ` <20070306175609.267bd7a9.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
     [not found]   ` <20070307021335.GR9621@outflux.net>
     [not found]     ` <20070306185942.585e7cd1.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-07  3:14       ` [PATCH] proc: maps protection Kees Cook
2007-03-07  4:22         ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-03-08 20:55           ` Kees Cook
2007-03-10  2:30             ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-10  5:01               ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-03-10 18:33                 ` Kees Cook
2007-03-11  0:21                   ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-11  0:55                     ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2007-03-11  1:43                     ` Kees Cook
2007-03-11  1:55                     ` Kees Cook
2007-03-12 17:20                     ` [PATCH] getrusage() : Fill ru_inblock and ru_oublock fields if possible Eric Dumazet
2007-03-10  1:37           ` [PATCH] proc: maps protection Andy Isaacson
2007-03-05 20:15 Kees Cook
2007-03-06  0:23 ` Kees Cook

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