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SubjectRe: [kernel-hardening] Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mm: restrict access to /proc/slabinfo
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:51:10 CDT, Christoph Lameter said:

> IMHO a restriction of access to slab statistics is reasonable in a
> hardened environment. Make it dependent on CONFIG_SECURITY or some such
> thing?

Probably need to invent a separate Kconfig variable - CONFIG_SECURITY
is probably a way-too-big hammer for this nail. I can see lots of systems
that want to enable that, but won't want to tighten access to slab.
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