Re: PATCH: proc_do_stop and rpctrace

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 05:33:29PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote:
> The concern I have about this patch per se is proc calling thread_resume on
> a random port from the user.  This is at least a DoS opportunity.  It also
> points to a more general problem rpctrace has--servers make comparisons
> between ports from the user (rpctrace) and ports outside rpctrace's sphere
> of interposition.  I bet "rpctrace ln foo bar" (dir_link) gets EXDEV too.

Shall I revert the patch?

Thanks,
Marcus

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