Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2-ptrace_multi | Date | Fri, 19 May 2006 22:17:30 +0200 |
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On Friday 19 May 2006 22:15, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:45:34PM +0200, Renzo Davoli wrote: > > #ifndef mem_write > > /* This is a security hazard */ > > I believe the conclusion, when this was last discussed, was that this > is not true and could be fixed.
iirc the main problem was mmap of /proc/*/mem. write can be probably enabled after some auditing.
Alan hacked on this iirc so he might comment.
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