Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make ntasks to be a monotonic increasing value

[Li Zefan]

Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> ntasks is not a monotonic increasing value,
> So maybe fudge+1 processes are created when kmalloc and killed
> when kfree in every loop. And the loop will not end or
> repetition a long time.
> 
> This patch prevent this kind of attack.
> 

Could you demonstrate how to manage to do this so-called attack in
real-life?

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