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SubjectRe: ls -l /proc/1/exe -> Permission denied
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> writes:
>
>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote on 2014/07/19 22:21:59:
>>>
>>> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> writes:
>>>
>>> > Trying to real /proc/<pid>/exe I noticed I could not read links not
>>> > belonging to my user such as:
>>> > jocke > ls -l /proc/1/exe
>>> > ls: cannot read symbolic link /proc/1/exe: Permission
>> denied
>>> >
>>> > Is this expected?
>>>
>>> Yes. This information is considered private.
>>
>> I don't understand why though.
>
> It would allow bypassing access restrictions.

Do you have an example?
I'm asking because an attacker could make any symlink as he wants to.
A ln -s /etc/shadow lala still does not give me access to shadow...

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Thanks,
//richard


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