Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:46:14 -0700 | | From | Andrew Morton <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: restrict access to /proc/meminfo |
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:38:10 +0400 Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 21:56 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > > /proc/meminfo stores information related to memory pages usage, which > > may be used to monitor the number of objects in specific caches (and/or > > the changes of these numbers). This might reveal private information > > similar to /proc/slabinfo infoleaks. To remove the infoleak, just > > restrict meminfo to root. If it is used by unprivileged daemons, > > meminfo permissions can be altered the same way as slabinfo: > > > > groupadd meminfo > > usermod -a -G meminfo $MONITOR_USER > > chmod g+r /proc/meminfo > > chgrp meminfo /proc/meminfo > > Just to make it clear: since this patch breaks "free", I don't propose > it anymore.
It will break top(1) too. It isn't my favoritest-ever patch :)
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