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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/time: Make /proc/timer_list mode 0400
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 06:18:32PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 18:08 +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > /proc/timer_list contains kernel addresses, like e.g.:
> > #0: <c000000001404158>, tick_sched_timer, S:01, .tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick, swapper/0
> > ...
> >
> > Avoid leaking them to user space to make writing kernel exploits a bit harder.
> >
> > (I currently cannot think of a userland tool that uses this, this is
> > likely pretty much root-only.)
>
> iirc powertop parses this..

powertop already says on startup:

PowerTOP needs to be run as root to collect enough information

And as developer tool it usually is for people having root access.

Ciao, Marcus


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