On 01/18, Chris Evans wrote: > > Thanks, Oleg. Seems like this would be a nice change to have. As we > can see, people do use ptrace() as a security technology. OK, I'll send it. > With this in place, you can also (where possible) set up the tracee > with PR_SET_PDEATHSIG==SIGKILL. And then, you have defences again > either of the tracer or tracee dying from a stray SIGKILL. This can only help if the tracer is the natural parent, is it enough? Indan suggested PTRACE_O_SIGKILL_ON_DEATH, perhaps it makes sense. Oleg. -- 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
