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The sunrpc cache interface is susceptible to being fooled by a rogue process just reading a 'channel' file. If this happens the kernel may think a valid daemon exists to service the cache when it does not. For example, the following may fool the kernel: cat /proc/net/rpc/auth.unix.gid/channel Change the tracking of readers to writers when considering whether a listener exists as all valid daemon processes either open a channel file O_RDWR or O_WRONLY. While this does not prevent a rogue process from "stealing" a message from the kernel, it does at least improve the kernels perception of whether a valid process servicing the cache exists. Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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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.