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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-06-11 10:07:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-06-29 07:06:28 +0200 |
| commit | aee2f0bfa1a46dbbd3ffa9d111e444504a2d02a2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a9fdd4568b79f9733c9c0b6576fb341ff651fee /man5/proc.5 | |
| parent | ace93363fb0306968757b79bc1893837d3db0488 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-aee2f0bfa1a46dbbd3ffa9d111e444504a2d02a2.tar.gz | |
proc.5: Document /proc/PID/{maps,mem,pagemap} access mode checks
Permission to access /proc/PID/{maps,pagemap} is governed by a
PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS ptrace access mode check.
Permission to access /proc/PID/mem is governed by a
PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS ptrace access mode check.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man5/proc.5')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 7da1f75b01..eba75e4dd5 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -964,6 +964,11 @@ See .BR mmap (2) for some further information about memory mappings. +Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode +.B PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS +check; see +.BR ptrace (2). + The format of the file is: .in -7n @@ -1074,6 +1079,11 @@ This file can be used to access the pages of a process's memory through .BR read (2), and .BR lseek (2). + +Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode +.B PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS +check; see +.BR ptrace (2). .TP .IR /proc/[pid]/mountinfo " (since Linux 2.6.26)" .\" This info adapted from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1419,6 +1429,11 @@ The file is present only if the .B CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR kernel configuration option is enabled. + +Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode +.B PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS +check; see +.BR ptrace (2). .TP .IR /proc/[pid]/personality " (since Linux 2.6.28)" .\" commit 478307230810d7e2a753ed220db9066dfdf88718 |