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Message-ID: <20110912150630.GE25367@sun> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:06:30 +0400 From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> To: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com> Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mm: restrict access to /proc/slabinfo On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 08:41:34PM +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > Historically /proc/slabinfo has 0444 permissions and is accessible to > the world. slabinfo contains rather private information related both to > the kernel and userspace tasks. Depending on the situation, it might > reveal either private information per se or information useful to make > another targeted attack. Some examples of what can be learned by > reading/watching for /proc/slabinfo entries: > ... Since this file is controversy point, probably its permissions might be configurable via setup option? Cyrill
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