Re: [patch 1/2] c/r: prctl: Add ability to set new mm_struct::exe_file

[richard -rw- weinberger]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So, why makes that one-short fashion the feature more secure?
>> Let the user change the exe symlink as often as he wants.
>> From a security point of view the exe symlink is anyway useless.
>
> Maybe better to call it 'predictable' then rather than 'secure'?

I'd say one-short makes it less confusing. :-)

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Thanks,
//richard
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