Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:16:33 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/7] Add /sys/kernel/notes |
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Roland McGrath wrote: > > This patch adds the /sys/kernel/notes magic file. Reading this delivers > the contents of the kernel's .notes section. This lets userland easily > glean any detailed information about the running kernel's build that was > stored there at compile time.
Umm. You seem to make it readable by everybody. That's a mistake, I think. I don't know if there is anything security-conscious there, but just on general principles, I don't think we really would want normal users reading kernel configuration info, no?
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