Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:06:30 +0400 | From | Cyrill Gorcunov <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mm: restrict access to /proc/slabinfo |
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 08:41:34PM +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > Historically /proc/slabinfo has 0444 permissions and is accessible to > the world. slabinfo contains rather private information related both to > the kernel and userspace tasks. Depending on the situation, it might > reveal either private information per se or information useful to make > another targeted attack. Some examples of what can be learned by > reading/watching for /proc/slabinfo entries: > ...
Since this file is controversy point, probably its permissions might be configurable via setup option?
Cyrill
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