Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:25:32 +0100 | From | bert hubert <> | Subject | Re: local root exploit confirmed in 2.6.10: Linux 2.6 Kernel Capability LSM Module Local Privilege Elevation |
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:21:55PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > Frank Barknecht pointed this out on linux-audio-dev, it's a horrible > bug, I confirmed it in 2.6.10, and have not seen it mentioned on the > list.
Although this sucks, it should be pointed out that it only grants root to users able to force the loading of a certain module, aka 'root'.
Modules have always been free to give root capabilities to all users. We don't usually ship these though :-)
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