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staging: android: ram_console: honor dmesg_restrict
authorNick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 01:34:38 +0000 (17:34 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:37:10 +0000 (09:37 -0800)
commitdd09979346813357200adf71b07003fc0a778089
tree017ecb0e5f6aeeab8b127e511c6e12e25081327b
parent3a21138d3f76296ad070a3692d72eb529e7d5d2c
staging: android: ram_console: honor dmesg_restrict

The Linux kernel has a setting called dmesg_restrict. When true,
only processes with CAP_SYSLOG can view the kernel dmesg logs. This
helps prevent leaking of kernel information into user space.

On Android, it's possible to bypass these restrictions by viewing
/proc/last_kmsg.

This change makes /proc/last_kmsg require the same permissions as
dmesg.

CC: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c