On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 12:31:39PM +0200, Lists (lst) wrote:
> The patch breaks /proc/<pid>/cmdline and /proc/<pid>/environ for 'non
> dumpable' processes, even for root.
This fix is definitely wrong.
> - if (!is_dumpable(tsk) || (&init_mm == mm))
> + if ((!is_dumpable(tsk) || (&init_mm == mm)) && (current->uid != 0))
> mm = NULL;
Today, security is based around the capability system, not UID numbers.
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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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