From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:38 -0400 Received: from [195.154.50.21] ([195.154.50.21]:57867 "EHLO LAP") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 18:41:26 -0400 Message-ID: <008d01c0e7c5$48998c90$0101a8c0@LAP> From: "Vadim Lebedev" To: "Philip Blundell" Cc: In-Reply-To: <003601c0e7bf$41953080$0101a8c0@LAP> Subject: Re: Potenitial security hole in the kernel Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 00:26:47 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 May 2001 22:26:47.0897 (UTC) FILETIME=[48998C90:01C0E7C5] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Philip, The point is the panic will be executed in KERNEL and NOT user mode. Unless i'm missing something the sigcontext contains kernel mode and not user mode context. Vadim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Blundell" To: "Vadim Lebedev" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: Re: Potenitial security hole in the kernel