From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Local root exploit with kmod and modutils > 2.1.121
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:00:16 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5529.974412016@ocs3.ocs-net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:21:52 BST." <20001116222152.E8326@nomade>
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:21:52 +0100,
Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> wrote:
>as modprobe (insmod) args parsing seems POSIX compliant, we should put a
>"--" before
>what should be interpreted only as a textual argument, not as an option.
>This is a lot safer: whatever is passed, modprobe will take it as a module
>name.
That only solves one of the two exploit methods. modutils 2.3.20
solves both without any kernel changes, mainly so it fixes the problem
on all kernels, including 2.2.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-16 21:21 [PATCH] Re: Local root exploit with kmod and modutils > 2.1.121 Xavier Bestel
2000-11-16 22:00 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2000-11-16 22:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2000-11-16 18:56 kuznet
2000-11-16 19:08 ` [PATCH] " Xavier Bestel
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