From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751611AbXCKBHv (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:07:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751616AbXCKBHv (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:07:51 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:33408 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751600AbXCKBHu (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:07:50 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:55:07 -0600 From: Matt Mackall To: Andrew Morton Cc: Kees Cook , arjan@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection Message-ID: <20070311005507.GC10459@waste.org> References: <20070306175609.267bd7a9.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070307021335.GR9621@outflux.net> <20070306185942.585e7cd1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070307031429.GU9621@outflux.net> <1173241331.3236.10.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20070308205525.GJ6805@outflux.net> <20070309183006.7ff23eff.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <45F23BB5.8090907@linux.intel.com> <20070310183341.GB10460@outflux.net> <20070310162101.716b6b57.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070310162101.716b6b57.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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 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.