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Message-ID: <20110615144245.GC32753@openwall.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:42:45 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: destroy unused shmem segments
Vasiliy,
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33:45PM +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> It is used in case shmem segment was created, but never used. In this
> case refcount is never incremented and never decremented, shm_clone()
> isn't called.
>
> If shmctl() sets IPC_RMID, it is deleted, but as you have implemented
> implicit semantics (like IPC_RMID is always set), actual check in
> shmget()+exit() is needed.
>
> Spotted by reading -ow README and testing :)
Oh, right. Having documentation is good.
> I think forcing IPC_RMID should be configurable via sysctl like other
> ipc variables. Something like /proc/sys/kernel/shm_orphans_denied.
> And I think changing it from 0 to 1 should destroy already orphaned
> segments without users.
OK.
Thanks,
Alexander
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