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SubjectRe: [PATCH] restrict reading from /proc/<pid>/maps to those who share ->mm or can ptrace pid
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 01:31:09AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 14:09:57 +0000 Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Contents of /proc/*/maps is sensitive and may become sensitive
> > after open() (e.g. if target originally shares our ->mm and later
> > does exec on suid-root binary).
>
> um, which contents?

Information about the addresses where libraries, etc. got mapped, to
start with - if you have that randomized, you don't want it seen
by attacker who tries to escalate...

> > Check at read() (actually, ->start() of iterator) time that
> > mm_struct we'd grabbed and locked is
> > * still the ->mm of target
> > * equal to reader's ->mm or the target is ptracable by reader.
> >
>
> Specifically, do /proc/pid/smaps and the maps4 goodies in -mm need similar
> treatment?

They differ only in ->show(), so this patch takes care of them as well...


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