On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:38:10 +0400 Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 21:56 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > > /proc/meminfo stores information related to memory pages usage, which > > may be used to monitor the number of objects in specific caches (and/or > > the changes of these numbers). This might reveal private information > > similar to /proc/slabinfo infoleaks. To remove the infoleak, just > > restrict meminfo to root. If it is used by unprivileged daemons, > > meminfo permissions can be altered the same way as slabinfo: > > > > groupadd meminfo > > usermod -a -G meminfo $MONITOR_USER > > chmod g+r /proc/meminfo > > chgrp meminfo /proc/meminfo > > Just to make it clear: since this patch breaks "free", I don't propose > it anymore. It will break top(1) too. It isn't my favoritest-ever patch :) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>