Re: [RFC] fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map_files/ directory v2

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Aug 24 2011 - 13:37:12 EST


Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> No and this is the trick - when you readlink it - it give you trash, but
> when you open one - you get exactly the same file as the map points to.

Isn't that a minor security hole?

For example if I pass a file descriptor into a chroot process for
reading, and with this interface you can open it for writing too.
I could see this causing problems.

-Andi

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