Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:43:24 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH, local root on 2.4, 2.6?] compute_creds race |
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* Andy Lutomirski (luto@myrealbox.com) wrote: > The setuid program is now running with uid=euid=500 but full permitted > capabilities.
Yes, dropping and regaining the lock is asking for trouble. Thank you for catching this. I don't have an issue with changing the interface name. I guess the only question I have is if it's better to leave the setuid handling in the core, and move the newly named hook under the task_lock()?
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