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proc: remove kernel.maps_protect

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After commit 831830b5a2 aka
"restrict reading from /proc/<pid>/maps to those who share ->mm or can ptrace"
sysctl stopped being relevant because commit moved security checks from ->show
time to ->start time (mm_for_maps()).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
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Alexey Dobriyan
2008-10-10 03:27:16 +04:00
parent 45acb8db06
commit 3bbfe05967
6 changed files with 1 additions and 43 deletions
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fs/proc/task_mmu.c
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@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ static int show_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
dev_t dev = 0;
int len;
if (maps_protect && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
return -EACCES;
if (file) {
struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
@@ -742,22 +739,11 @@ const struct file_operations proc_pagemap_operations = {
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
extern int show_numa_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
static int show_numa_map_checked(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
struct task_struct *task = priv->task;
if (maps_protect && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
return -EACCES;
return show_numa_map(m, v);
}
static const struct seq_operations proc_pid_numa_maps_op = {
.start = m_start,
.next = m_next,
.stop = m_stop,
.show = show_numa_map_checked
.show = show_numa_map,
};
static int numa_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)