Re: /proc/<pid>/mem unreadable

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Tue, 7 May 1996 09:34:56 +0100 (BST)


> Maybe do this a different way. Instead of invalidating the fd,
> prevent the situation. Don't let a process exec a suid binary
> while the /proc/*/mem file is open.

Denial of service attack then.

Alan