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SubjectRe: [RFC] fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map_files/ directory v2
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Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com> writes:
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> No and this is the trick - when you readlink it - it give you trash, but
> when you open one - you get exactly the same file as the map points to.

Isn't that a minor security hole?

For example if I pass a file descriptor into a chroot process for
reading, and with this interface you can open it for writing too.
I could see this causing problems.

-Andi

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


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