Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.4+ptrace exploit fix breaks root's ability to strace | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 22 Mar 2003 14:58:51 +0000 |
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On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 10:31, Russell King wrote: > Hi, > > Are the authors of the ptrace patch aware that, in addition to closing the > hole, the "fix" also prevents a ptrace-capable task (eg, strace started by > root) from ptracing user threads? > > For example, you can't strace vsftpd processes started from xinetd. > > Is this intended behaviour?
Its an unintended side effect, nobody has sent a patch to fix it yet.
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