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> where a low-privileged user could kill other users' processes Incorrect. A low-privileged user can kill their own processes, which is the expected behavior o
by eridius 9y ago
> where a low-privileged user could kill other users' processes
Incorrect. A low-privileged user can kill their own processes, which is the expected behavior of kill(-1). The only issue is the fact that this can apparently also kernel panic the machine. But the fact that it kills all the processes belonging to the user is the expected behavior of this call.