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Zhang Xiaoxu noted that physical address locations for MTRR were visible
to non-root users, which could be considered an information leak.
In discussing[1] the options for solving this, it sounded like just
moving the capable check into open() was the first step.
If this breaks userspace, then we will have a test case for the more
conservative approaches discussed in the thread. In summary:
- MTRR should check capabilities at open time (or retain the
checks on the opener's permissions for later checks).
- changing the DAC permissions might break something that expects to
open mtrr when not uid 0.
- if we leave the DAC permissions alone and just move the capable check
to the opener, we should get the desired protection. (i.e. check
against CAP_SYS_ADMIN not just the wider uid 0.)
- if that still breaks things, as in userspace expects to be able to
read other parts of the file as non-uid-0 and non-CAP_SYS_ADMIN, then
we need to censor the contents using the opener's permissions. For
example, as done in other /proc cases, like commit
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.