Re: local root exploit

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On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:26:57PM -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> Problem with Debian patch is it may conflict with some of the RH
> backports, but if it works why not submit it to CentOS team for
> testing as I hear the RH current workaround has issues with GPFs.

I think that's with the powertech.no "ptpatch2008" kernel module which tries
to patch the problem in your existing kernel -- not with the actual fix.

> I personnally run my systems behind the firewall, but I suppose
> anybody who has CentOS/RHEL 5 that is Internet facing would 
> worry a little bit more.

Do you ever use network-accessing applications which might have bugs?


> I wonder if any existing user-land utilities have hooks into
> vmsplice that may be able to be accessed via PHP, Perl, or CGI?

It's a system call.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx          <http://mattdm.org/>
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