Cpuinfo Falsification - Background - /proc/cpuinfo

/proc/cpuinfo

The /proc/cpuinfo file is patched by using a bindmount to overlay a file containing falsified CPU related information:

if ; then mount—bind /etc/cpuinfo /proc/cpuinfo fi
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