On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 11:12:11AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 01:08:56PM +0200, Paul Starzetz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > since it became clear from the discussion in January about the uselib() > > vulnerability, that the Linux community prefers full, non-embargoed > > disclosure of kernel bugs, I release full details right now. However to > > follows at least some of the responsable disclosure rules, no exploit code will be > > released. Instead, only a proof-of-concept code is released to demonstrate > > the vulnerability. > > <snip> > > And here's a patch for 2.6 that is completly untested. I'll work on > testing it today and if it works, we will release a new 2.6.11.y release > with this fix in it. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > > Subject: possibly fix Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation > > As noted by Paul Starzetz > > references CAN-something-I-need-to-go-look-up... CAN-2005-1263 is the correct one. Sorry for being lazy and not looking it up right away. thanks, greg k-h
