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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.c b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.c
index 38855e85e60..081eb086cd4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.c
+++ b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.c
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ main(argc, argv)
default:
usage();
}
+ /*
+ * Discard setgid privileges if not the running kernel so that bad
+ * guys can't print interesting stuff from kernel memory.
+ */
+ if (namelist != NULL || core != NULL)
+ setgid(getgid());
if ((kd = kvm_open(namelist, core, NULL, O_RDONLY, "ipcs")) == NULL)
exit(1);