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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Justin <wellspring3@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: milw0rm rootkit
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:57:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <37114.1300132649@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:28:11 PDT." <AANLkTimE94jf0N54c5ijKUs3Ln_hhNUuCecuda98y2O9@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:28:11 PDT, Justin said:
> Yes, she runs 2.6.34.8-68.fc13.i686.PAE

Which is the most recently released Fedora 13 kernel, from Feb 24,
so not ancient...

> I know this is for the kernel... The C file seems to exploit a
> vulnerability in the kernel, so I thought I should let the kernel
> people know so they could patch it upstream.

Toss the .c file to 'security@kernel.org', that's what it's there for.
If you have enough kernel savvy to figure out what's getting abused,
cc: the subsystem maintainer.  But if you don't, that's OK too,
somebody reading security@ will handle that if needed.


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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-14 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-14  2:31 milw0rm rootkit Justin
2011-03-14 19:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-03-14 19:28   ` Justin
2011-03-14 19:57     ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2011-03-14 20:12     ` Alan Cox

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