Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:35:12 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] security/fbfam: Mitigate a fork brute force attack |
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 06:02:16PM +0200, John Wood wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:56:19PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 01:21:07PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > + pr_warn("fbfam: Offending process with PID %d killed\n", > > > + p->pid); > > > > I'd make this ratelimited (along with Jann's suggestions). > > Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean with "make this ratelimited". > A clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Ah! Yes, sorry for not being more clear. There are ratelimit helpers for the pr_*() family of functions, e.g.:
pr_warn_ratelimited("brute: Offending process with PID...
-- Kees Cook
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