Re: [1/2] vmalloc: Show vmalloced areas via /proc/vmallocinfo

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:27:02 -0700
Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Implement a new proc file that allows the display of the currently
> allocated vmalloc memory.

> +	proc_create("vmallocinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, NULL,


why should non-root be able to read this? sounds like a security issue (info leak) to me...




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