Linux Kernel - “As Linux grows in popularity, it will become a larger target for malware.” - Yama

Noticed this in my Tumbleweed systemd Journal –

[ 1.076829] kernel: Yama: becoming mindful.

First reaction: “Huh???!!!+Verflixt noch mal!!! …:worried:

Answer: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.15/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.html>

One particularly troubling weakness of the Linux process interfaces is that a single user is able to examine the memory and running state of any of their processes.

 # cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope 
1
 #

In other words, at least Tumbleweed is set to: restricted ptrace

a process must have a predefined relationship with the inferior it wants to call PTRACE_ATTACH on. By default, this relationship is that of only its descendants when the above classic criteria is also met

:upside_down_face: