> > I actually think this is a flaw in get_task_comm. (Though actually it's > > the fault of terminals if they process dangerous escape sequences. Worst > > case tends to just be confusing output, but that's not important -- > > nothing should spew non-printables regardless.) Would a patch to > > get_task_comm be accepted to replace non-printables with "?" or something > > when filling the buffer? > > Probably makes sense, although you might annoy someone who wants Kanji > process names in UTF-8 or similar. The task name is irrelevant, user controlled information. It's not really ideal for use in security logging. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
