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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_nommu.c
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@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ int task_statm(struct mm_struct *mm, int *shared, int *text,
static int show_map(struct seq_file *m, void *_vml)
{
struct vm_list_struct *vml = _vml;
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 nommu_vma_show(m, vml->vma);
}