Re: [PATCH] proc: maps protection

[Matt Mackall]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 04:21:01PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:33:41 -0800 Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Here's another revision, with both the "can ptrace" and the global /proc 
> > knob;
> 
> We'd be needing a changelog for that.
> 
> Please update the procfs documentation.
> 
> Does the patch also cover /proc/pid/smaps?

Also, we ought to revisit /proc/pid/mem write, which is currently disabled.
Either drop the code, fix it, or make it root only.

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