Now that 1.5.12 is out, here is a patch to fix the
PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE security hole. It uses a new approach
to reparenting: the parent duplicates the exec'ed process
handle when signaled by the child.
It also handles correctly the case of a quick re-exec
(2 simultaneous reparenting), which is
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:48:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
P.S.: I have no news about the recent patch to /bin/kill -f
That is because I was sure that I'd used 'kill -f' to kill windows pids
in the past and wanted to check your patch. I haven't been near a
WinMe system in a while,
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:48:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
Now that 1.5.12 is out, here is a patch to fix the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE
security hole. It uses a new approach to reparenting: the parent
duplicates the exec'ed process handle when signaled by the child.
Can you refresh my memory (a
At 11:24 PM 11/11/2004 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:48:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
P.S.: I have no news about the recent patch to /bin/kill -f
That is because I was sure that I'd used 'kill -f' to kill windows pids
in the past and wanted to check your
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:36:32PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
At 11:24 PM 11/11/2004 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:48:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
P.S.: I have no news about the recent patch to /bin/kill -f
That is because I was sure that I'd used 'kill
At 11:33 PM 11/11/2004 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:48:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
Now that 1.5.12 is out, here is a patch to fix the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE
security hole. It uses a new approach to reparenting: the parent
duplicates the exec'ed process handle
