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SubjectRe: Fork Bombing Patch
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"Anand Jahagirdar" <anandjigar@gmail.com> writes:

> +++ linux-2.6.17/kernel/fork.c
> + /*
> + * following code does not allow Non Root User to cross its process
> + * limit and it alerts administrator about user Nearing the process limit.
> + */
> +
> if (atomic_read(&p->user->processes) >= p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur)
> if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
> - p->user != &root_user)
> + p->user != &root_user) {
> + if (printk_ratelimit())
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "User with uid %u is Nearing the process limit\n",p->user->uid);
> +
> goto bad_fork_free;

At least make that configurable - on some systems users are allowed
50 processes or so and I'm sure admins don't really want to know
which particular users are currently close to limits.

I don't really find the above useful. Perhaps we should warn when users
try to write to R/O files or execute root-only commands etc?
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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