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authorAneesh Agrawal <aneeshusa@gmail.com>2016-10-08 10:49:58 -0400
committerFranz Pletz <fpletz@fnordicwalking.de>2016-10-08 17:46:33 +0200
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kernel: Document Yama implications in release notes
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
index 9bc42edb49bc..c1107977db79 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
       <literal>radicale</literal>.
     </para>
   </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The Yama LSM is now enabled by default in the kernel,
+      which prevents ptracing non-child processes.
+      This means you will not be able to attach gdb to an existing process,
+      but will need to start that process from gdb (so it is a child).
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>