Re: Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK?

[Edgar Toernig]

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>
> ... proposed a hack where mlockall() would adjust RLIMIT_MEMLOCK.
> Yes, no question it's a hack and a special case; the question is
> whether cure or the disease is worse.

What about exec?  The memory locks are removed on exec but with that
hack the raised limit would stay.  Looks like a security bug.

Ciao, ET.
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