On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:46:47 +0300 Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There's one other problem here: we're assuming that the map_files > > implementation doesn't have bugs. If it does have bugs then relaxing > > permissions like this will create new vulnerabilities. And the > > map_files implementation is surprisingly complex. Is it bug-free? > > I didn't find any bugs in map-files (and we use it for long time already) > so I think it is safe. You've been using map_files the way it was supposed to be used so no, any bugs won't show up. What happens if you don your evil black hat and use map_files in ways that weren't anticipated? Attack it? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
