Re: [PATCH] kernel/time: Make /proc/timer_list mode 0400

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 18:08 +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> /proc/timer_list contains kernel addresses, like e.g.:
>  #0: <c000000001404158>, tick_sched_timer, S:01, .tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick, swapper/0
>  ...
> 
> Avoid leaking them to user space to make writing kernel exploits a bit harder.
> 
> (I currently cannot think of a userland tool that uses this, this is
> likely pretty much root-only.)

iirc powertop parses this..
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