RFR: 8341482: Attach API access to /proc filesystem should use doPrivileged [v2]

[Larry Cable]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 21:15:11 GMT, Larry Cable <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> this is a fix to: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8327114 
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>> to resolve an issue detected in: 
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341246
>> 
>> /proc/**/* file accesses should be performed as "privileged" actions to avoid security mgr exceptions.
>
> Larry Cable has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   JDK-8327114: fix to resolve permissions issue as per: 8341246, also privileged exists and isReadable invocations

done

wondering if the other filesystem operations in VirtualMachineImpl also need to be wrapped in doPrivileged blocks - since I'm not aware of any issues I'll assume not and patiently wait for the SecurityManager to be consigned to history.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21312#issuecomment-2391933529
PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21312#issuecomment-2391936122