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Fix nasty /proc vulnerability
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:51:34 +0000 (16:51 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:51:34 +0000 (16:51 -0700)
commit18b0bbd8ca6d3cb90425aa0d77b99a762c6d6de3
treeb1a9c89bc546a71924ed7253f2f27afdeb82d297tree | snapshot
parentab6cf0d0cb96417ef65cc2c2120c0e879edf7a4acommit | diff
Fix nasty /proc vulnerability

We have a bad interaction with both the kernel and user space being able
to change some of the /proc file status.  This fixes the most obvious
part of it, but I expect we'll also make it harder for users to modify
even their "own" files in /proc.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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