Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2024-09-26

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 048/139] proc: add config & param to block forcing mem writes

From: Adrian Ratiu <hidden>
Date: 2024-09-26 11:09:28
Also in: linux-doc, linux-fsdevel, lkml, stable

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024, Alexey Dobriyan [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 08:07:48AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: 
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From: Adrian Ratiu <redacted>  [ Upstream 
commit 41e8149c8892ed1962bd15350b3c3e6e90cba7f4 ]  This adds a 
Kconfig option and boot param to allow removing the FOLL_FORCE 
flag from /proc/pid/mem write calls because it can be abused. 
And this is not a mount option why? 
Hello and thanks for asking!

The only reason is nobody asked for it yet. :)

We need to be careful how we do this, so the restriction is still 
enabled when remounting, otherwise I don't see any impediment, 
provided we can find a way to make it clean and safe.
 
I am travelling these weeks (All Systems GO conf) and have a lot 
going on, so please feel free to send a patch and I'll review it 
ASAP, otherwise I'll try to come up with something by end of 
October.

Adrian
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