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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] pmap: reduced permissions
FromArjan van de Ven <>
DateMon, 23 Jan 2006 07:10:54 +0100
On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 17:19 -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> This patch changes all 3 remaining maps files to be readable
> only for the file owner. There have been privacy concerns.
> 
> Fedora Core 4 has been shipping with such permissions on
> the /proc/*/maps file already. General system monitoring
> tools seldom use these files.

changing /maps to 0400 breaks glibc; there are cases where this would
lead to /proc/self/maps to be not readable (setuid like apps) so this
needs a more elaborate fix.

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