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Bug#712740: linux-image-3.9-1-amd64: please turn off ptrace protection



On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 04:34 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.9.6-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> As of 3.9, the Debian kernel includes Yama, which switches on ptrace
> protection by default. This is a bad idea, because:
[...]

Agreed; this is a poor default.  I kind of thought this was opt-in like
the other LSMs, but as it's designed to stack it doesn't depend on the
'security' kernel parameter.  I'll change that.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
             If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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