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From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@linuxpower.cx>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Modprobe local root exploit
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:37:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001113093727.C1918@xi.linuxpower.cx> (raw)

After seeing the modprobe local root exploit today, I asked myself why
kmod executes modprobe with full root and doesn't drop some capabilities
first.

Why? It wouldn't close the hole, but it would narrow it down.
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             reply	other threads:[~2000-11-13 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-13 14:37 Gregory Maxwell [this message]
2000-11-13 16:26 ` Modprobe local root exploit Torsten Duwe
2000-11-13 16:44   ` Francis Galiegue
2000-11-13 16:45     ` Torsten Duwe
2000-11-13 16:56       ` Chris Evans
2000-11-13 17:21         ` Jan Dvorak
2000-11-13 18:11         ` Torsten Duwe
2000-11-14  5:02           ` Peter Samuelson
2000-11-14  5:50             ` Keith Owens
2000-11-14  9:19               ` Florian Weimer
2000-11-14 10:42               ` Malcolm Beattie
2000-11-14 10:54                 ` Jakub Jelinek
2000-11-14 11:58                   ` Chris Evans
2000-11-14 10:58                 ` Keith Owens
2000-11-14 12:28           ` Nick Holloway
2000-11-14 14:01           ` David Woodhouse
2000-11-14  1:35         ` Horst von Brand
2000-11-13 19:46       ` Peter Samuelson
2000-11-14 11:29         ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-14 14:23           ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-14 16:25           ` David Relson
2000-11-15  4:09           ` Horst von Brand
2000-11-16  5:22       ` Alan Cox
2000-11-16  6:04         ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-16  6:14           ` Keith Owens
2000-11-16  6:16             ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-16 14:12         ` Torsten Duwe
2000-11-16 15:07           ` Alan Cox

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