Re: Linux 2.6.17.5

Miquel van Smoorenburg
2006-07-15T18:50:56Z

In article <44B90DF1.8070400@ns666.com>,
Von Wolher <trilight@ns666.com> wrote:
>Daniel Drake wrote:
>> Hi Linus,
>>
>> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>>> I did a slight modification of the patch I committed initially, in the
>>> face of the report from Marcel that the initial sledge-hammer approach
>>> broke his hald setup.
>>>
>>> See commit 9ee8ab9fbf21e6b87ad227cd46c0a4be41ab749b: "Relax /proc fix
>>> a bit", which should still fix the bug (can somebody verify? I'm 100%
>>> sure, but still..), but is pretty much guaranteed to not have any
>>> secondary side effects.
>>>
>>> It still leaves the whole issue of whether /proc should honor chmod AT
>>> ALL open, and I'd love to close that one, but from a "minimal fix"
>>> standpoint, I think it's a reasonable (and simple) patch.
>>>
>>> Marcel, can you check current git?
>>
>>
>> I can confirm that the new fix prevents the exploit from working, with
>> no immediately visible side effects.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>>
>
>Can some one release a 2.6.17.6 ? I think many people are waiting at
>their keyboard to get their systems protected.

# mount -o remount,nosuid /proc

Haven't tested it but that should be the workaround.

Mike.