Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:19:20 +0100 | From | Nuno Silva <> | Subject | Re: How to fix the ptrace flaw without rebooting |
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Hello!
Erik Hensema wrote: > > If you can't reboot to apply a security fix, you've got a serious problem. > > A better fix in a running system is to simply disable dynamic module > loading: echo /no/such/file > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe > At the very least you can be sure your machine won't crash this way ;-) >
IIRC, dynamic module loading is not required to exploit all the bugs present in ptrace. Luckly all the exploits floating around require kmod :)
Regards, Nuno Silva
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