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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 7b88032f10..8391cb6eeb 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -4071,7 +4071,9 @@ All processes dump core when possible. .BR core (5).) The core dump is owned by the filesystem user ID of the dumping process and no security is applied. -This is intended for system debugging situations only. +This is intended for system debugging situations only: +this mode is insecure because it allows unprivileged users to +examine the memory contents of privileged processes. .TP \fI2\ ("suidsafe")\fP Any binary which normally would not be dumped (see "0" above) |