On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 02:49:59PM +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> On 30.11.2015 14:30, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >+    /* do not disclose physical addresses: attack vector */
> >+    pm.show_pfn = !cap_capable(current, file->f_cred, CAP_SYS_ADMIN, 
> >SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
> >+
> 
> At first sight this is confusing... but correct. It really returns zero
> for success, unlike to new file_ns_capable which returns bool true.

Yes, it trapped me as well, the first attempt I made only allowed non-root
to read the pagemap!

> The rest looks good too.

OK thank you.

Willy

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