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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2012-08-27 13:32:15 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-08-27 13:42:02 -0700
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debugfs: more tightly restrict default mount mode
Since the debugfs is mostly only used by root, make the default mount mode 0700. Most system owners do not need a more permissive value, but they can choose to weaken the restrictions via their fstab. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Debugfs is typically mounted with a command like:
mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
(Or an equivalent /etc/fstab line).
-The debugfs root directory is accessible by anyone by default. To
-restrict access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
+The debugfs root directory is accessible only to the root user by
+default. To change access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
options can be used.
Note that the debugfs API is exported GPL-only to modules.