Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection

Matt Mackall
2007-03-11T01:07:51Z

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.

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