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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:51:40 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/5 v3] procfs: add hidepid= and gid=
mount options
Solar,
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 18:22 +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:58:05PM +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> > + if (pid->hide_pid &&
> > + !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ) &&
> > + !in_group_p(pid->pid_gid)) {
>
> I think ptrace_may_access() involves capable() in some cases (when
> access would otherwise be denied). Thus, in order not to raise the used
> privs flag unnecessarily, you need to check it last - after checking
> in_group_p().
Yep, fixed here and in one more place, thanks.
--
Vasiliy
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