Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:48:31 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] exec: Only allow a threaded init to exec from the thread_group_leader |
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ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: > > If process id namespaces become a reality init stops being > terribly special, and becomes something you may have several > of running at any one time. If one of those inits is compromised > by a hostile user I having the whole system go down so we can > avoid executing a cheap test sounds terribly wrong. That is > why I really care.
Wouldn't it be better to do nothing until/unless there's some code in the kernel or init which actually needs the change?
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