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Eric W. Biederman a928972864 [PATCH] Don't uselessly export task_struct to userspace in core dumps 
task_struct is an internal structure to the kernel with a lot of good
information, that is probably interesting in core dumps.  However there is
no way for user space to know what format that information is in making it
useless.

I grepped the GDB 6.3 source code and NT_TASKSTRUCT while defined is not
used anywhere else.  So I would be surprised if anyone notices it is
missing.

In addition exporting kernel pointers to all the interesting kernel data
structures sounds like the very definition of an information leak.  I
haven't a clue what someone with evil intentions could do with that
information, but in any attack against the kernel it looks like this is the
perfect tool for aiming that attack.

So since NT_TASKSTRUCT is useless as currently defined and is potentially
dangerous, let's just not export it.

(akpm: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> "would be amazed" if anything was
using NT_TASKSTRUCT).

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30 17:37:18 -08:00
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9p [PATCH] v9fs: remove additional buffer allocation from v9fs_file_read and v9fs_file_write 2005-10-11 09:46:54 -07:00
adfs [ARM] fs/adfs/adfs.h: "extern inline" doesn't make sense 2005-08-20 17:20:28 +01:00
affs [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
afs [PATCH] mm: split page table lock 2005-10-29 21:40:42 -07:00
autofs [PATCH] autofs: fix "busy inodes after umount..." 2005-09-09 13:57:31 -07:00
autofs4 [PATCH] Fix up symlink function pointers 2005-08-19 18:08:21 -07:00
befs befs: fix up missed follow_link declaration change 2005-08-20 13:20:01 -07:00
bfs [PATCH] bfs iget() abuses 2005-10-04 13:22:01 -07:00
cifs [PATCH] cifs: Add support for suspend 2005-09-23 11:37:53 -07:00
coda [PATCH] Driver Core: fix up all callers of class_device_create() 2005-10-28 09:52:52 -07:00
cramfs [PATCH] fs/cramfs/uncompress.c should #include <linux/cramfs_fs.h> 2005-09-10 10:06:35 -07:00
debugfs [PATCH] remove duplicate get_dentry functions in various places 2005-06-23 09:45:20 -07:00
devfs [PATCH] Fix up symlink function pointers 2005-08-19 18:08:21 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] Generic VFS fallback for security xattrs 2005-09-05 00:05:52 -07:00
efs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exportfs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ext2 [PATCH] Fix ext2_new_inode() failure paths 2005-09-28 07:46:40 -07:00
ext3 [PATCH] Fix ext3 warning for unused var 2005-10-28 13:57:57 -07:00
fat [PATCH] fat: fix adate 2005-09-21 10:12:18 -07:00
freevxfs [PATCH] fs: convert kcalloc to kzalloc 2005-09-07 16:57:46 -07:00
fuse [PATCH] fuse: check O_DIRECT 2005-09-30 12:41:18 -07:00
hfs [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
hfsplus [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
hostfs [PATCH] uml: remove empty hostfs_truncate method 2005-09-30 12:41:18 -07:00
hpfs [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
hppfs [PATCH] hppfs: fix symlink error path 2005-08-26 11:39:19 -07:00
hugetlbfs [PATCH] hugetlb: overcommit accounting check 2005-10-29 21:40:43 -07:00
isofs Check input buffer size in zisofs 2005-08-06 09:42:06 -07:00
jbd [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
jffs [PATCH] janitor: jffs/intrep: list_for_each_entry 2005-09-10 10:06:32 -07:00
jffs2 [PATCH] jffs/jffs2: remove wrong function prototypes 2005-09-07 16:57:29 -07:00
jfs [PATCH] mm: split page table lock 2005-10-29 21:40:42 -07:00
lockd [PATCH] RPC: remove xprt->nocong 2005-09-23 12:38:47 -04:00
minix [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
msdos Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ncpfs [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
nfs [PATCH] NFS: Remove unbalanced spin_unlock() calls from nfs_refresh_inode() 2005-10-30 14:46:47 -08:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfsacl: Solaris VxFS compatibility fix 2005-10-11 09:46:54 -07:00
nfsd [PATCH] nfsd4: fix setclientid unlock of unlocked state lock 2005-09-13 08:22:32 -07:00
nls [PATCH] make some things static 2005-05-05 16:36:47 -07:00
ntfs [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
openpromfs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
partitions Merge ../bleed-2.6 2005-10-28 10:13:16 -07:00
proc [PATCH] mm: follow_page with inner ptlock 2005-10-29 21:40:41 -07:00
qnx4 [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
ramfs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
reiserfs [PATCH] reiserfs: [kv]free() checking cleanup 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
relayfs [PATCH] relayfs: fix bogus param value in call to vmap 2005-10-10 08:39:50 -07:00
romfs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
smbfs [PATCH] fs: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:36 -07:00
sysfs [PATCH] Fix oops in sysfs_hash_and_remove_file() 2005-08-26 19:37:13 -07:00
sysv [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
udf [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
ufs [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
vfat Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
xfs [PATCH] mm: split page table lock 2005-10-29 21:40:42 -07:00
aio.c [PATCH] aio syscalls are not checked by lsm 2005-10-23 16:38:38 -07:00
attr.c [PATCH] inotify 2005-07-12 20:38:38 -07:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] make some things static 2005-05-05 16:36:47 -07:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] Don't uselessly export task_struct to userspace in core dumps 2005-10-30 17:37:18 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_script.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_som.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
bio.c [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] block: add unlocked_ioctl support for block devices 2005-06-23 09:45:32 -07:00
buffer.c [PATCH] ext3: Fix unmapped buffers in transaction's lists 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] cdev: cdev_put oops 2005-07-12 16:01:02 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] TIOC* compat ioctl handling 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] mm: update_hiwaters just in time 2005-10-29 21:40:39 -07:00
dcache.c [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] dcookies.c: use proper refcounting functions 2005-07-07 18:23:52 -07:00
direct-io.c [PATCH] core remove PageReserved 2005-10-29 21:40:39 -07:00
dnotify.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dquot.c [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] epoll: handle timeout overflow 2005-09-28 07:46:41 -07:00
exec.c [PATCH] little de_thread() cleanup 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] files: lock-free fd look-up 2005-09-09 13:57:55 -07:00
fifo.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
file_table.c [PATCH] files: files struct with RCU 2005-09-09 13:57:55 -07:00
file.c [PATCH] Fix the fdtable freeing in the case of vmalloced fdset/arrays 2005-09-14 12:38:26 -07:00
filesystems.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
fs-writeback.c [PATCH] O(1) sb list traversing on syncs 2005-06-23 09:45:27 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
inotify.c [PATCH] inotify/idr leak fix 2005-10-23 16:38:39 -07:00
ioctl.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ioprio.c Don't allow normal users to set idle IO priority 2005-08-20 18:51:29 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 2005-10-30 17:37:10 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 2005-10-30 17:37:10 -08:00
libfs.c [PATCH] fix fsync(dir) return value for ram-based filesystems 2005-06-25 16:24:38 -07:00
locks.c Fix Connectathon locking test failure 2005-10-18 14:20:21 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] FUSE - MAINTAINERS, Kconfig and Makefile changes 2005-09-09 14:03:44 -07:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] gfp_t: fs/* 2005-10-28 08:16:47 -07:00
mpage.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
namei.c VFS: Make link_path_walk set LOOKUP_CONTINUE before calling permission(). 2005-10-18 14:20:18 -07:00
namespace.c [PATCH] janitor: fs/namespace.c: list_for_each_entry 2005-09-10 10:06:32 -07:00
nfsctl.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
open.c VFS: Allow the filesystem to return a full file pointer on open intent 2005-10-18 14:20:16 -07:00
pipe.c [PATCH] sched: TASK_NONINTERACTIVE 2005-09-10 10:06:22 -07:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
quota_v1.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
quota_v2.c [PATCH] quota: possible bug in quota format v2 support 2005-04-16 15:25:47 -07:00
quota.c [PATCH] O(1) sb list traversing on syncs 2005-06-23 09:45:27 -07:00
read_write.c [PATCH] readv/writev syscalls are not checked by lsm 2005-09-29 15:42:08 -07:00
readdir.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
select.c [PATCH] files: lock-free fd look-up 2005-09-09 13:57:55 -07:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] DocBook: fix some descriptions 2005-05-01 08:59:26 -07:00
stat.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
super.c [PATCH] set mnt_namespace in the correct place 2005-07-07 18:23:52 -07:00
xattr_acl.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
xattr.c [PATCH] SELinux: canonicalize getxattr() 2005-10-30 17:37:11 -08:00