On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 08:04, Giacomo Mulas wrote: > Alan Cox apparently just made public a vulnerability in the stock > kernel which would permit a local user to gain root privileges (see e.g. > Linux Today, LWN, the LK mailing list...). Is a patched source package in > the making already or should we humble users, in the meantime, take the > original patch and apply it, while the "official" thing gets worked out? Hi,
I've a unofficial Debian package called kernel-patch-ptrace in my own deb repository[1].It was tested on i386, the patch applies fine over kernel-source-2.4.20 package.Feel free to use it at your own risk and send me any feedback. Only two modifications from the original patch by Alan Cox: - The arch/um was commented because kernel-source-2.4.20 doesn't have user mode linux! - The third hunk of sched.h was commented because the associated function wasn't found in kernel-source-2.4.20. [1] = deb http://legolas.alternex.com.br/~stratus/debian/ ./ Cheers, -- Gustavo Franco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
