Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: local root exploit confirmed in 2.6.10: Linux 2.6 Kernel Capability LSM Module Local Privilege Elevation | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:32:59 -0500 |
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On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 11:25 +0100, bert hubert wrote: > 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'.
Not force the loading of a certain module, but predict when it will be loaded. Still, not easy to exploit.
Lee
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