Re: Ptrace patch for 2.4.x BREAKS kill() 2 interesting effects for .pid and dot locking? (was Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25)

, Matthew Grant wrote: Hi There! Sorry about making a racket, but I am posting this for the edification of all, as there is a work around without breaking your server for this one. As you can read below, I have found that the patch on 2.4.x also BREAKS kill() 2 when

Ptrace patch for 2.4.x BREAKS kill() 2 interesting effects for .pid and dot locking? (was Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25)

ernel developers, please fix it properly! Thanks heaps, Matthew Grant On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 09:34, Matthew Grant wrote: Dear All, The patch also breaks kill(2) on a process with signal number 0 - This is used by a lot of monitoring programs running as one user ID to make s

Re: Ptrace patch for 2.4.x BREAKS kill() 2 interesting effects for.pid and dot locking? (was Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25)

, Matthew Grant wrote: Hi There! Sorry about making a racket, but I am posting this for the edification of all, as there is a work around without breaking your server for this one. As you can read below, I have found that the patch on 2.4.x also BREAKS kill() 2 when

Ptrace patch for 2.4.x BREAKS kill() 2 interesting effects for .pidand dot locking? (was Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25)

ernel developers, please fix it properly! Thanks heaps, Matthew Grant On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 09:34, Matthew Grant wrote: Dear All, The patch also breaks kill(2) on a process with signal number 0 - This is used by a lot of monitoring programs running as one user ID to make s

[PATCH] ALERT!! - 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel has 2.4.x DoS!!!!

(%esp) # + andl $~(NT_MASK|TF_MASK|DF_MASK), %eax + pushl %eax + popfl movl %edx,EIP(%esp) # Now we move them to their "normal" places movl %ecx,CS(%esp) # movl %esp,%ebx Best Regards,

[PATCH] ALERT!! - 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel has DoS same as 2.4.x!!!!

an the follwing exploit on 2.2.x, and the machine locked completely I have not check 2.0.x, but given the staleness of this code segment, it may also be affected. The fix appears to be to adapt the 2.4.x patch to 2.2.x, which looks fairly easy to do. Best Regards, Matthew Grant PS: I am a d

[PATCH] ALERT!! - 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel has 2.4.x DoS!!!!

(%esp) # + andl $~(NT_MASK|TF_MASK|DF_MASK), %eax + pushl %eax + popfl movl %edx,EIP(%esp) # Now we move them to their "normal" places movl %ecx,CS(%esp) # movl %esp,%ebx Best Regards,

[PATCH] ALERT!! - 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel has DoS same as 2.4.x!!!!

an the follwing exploit on 2.2.x, and the machine locked completely I have not check 2.0.x, but given the staleness of this code segment, it may also be affected. The fix appears to be to adapt the 2.4.x patch to 2.2.x, which looks fairly easy to do. Best Regards, Matthew Grant PS: I am a d

[PATCH] for 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel DoS - Affects 2.2.x and probably 2.0.x

Hi HTere! Please find the patch for this attached. It is against linux 2.2.20. I have not tested it, but since the lcall7() code in 2.2.x is the same as for 2.4.x, it should work. It is based on Linus's and Petr's patch for 2.5.x and Alan Cox's 2.4.x Best Regards, Matthew Gr

[PATCH] for 2.2.x i386 Linux kernel DoS - Affects 2.2.x andprobably 2.0.x

Hi HTere! Please find the patch for this attached. It is against linux 2.2.20. I have not tested it, but since the lcall7() code in 2.2.x is the same as for 2.4.x, it should work. It is based on Linus's and Petr's patch for 2.5.x and Alan Cox's 2.4.x Best Regards, Matthew Gr

Re: FW: i386 Linux kernel DoS - Affects 2.2.x and probably 2.0.x

staleness of this code segment, it may also be affected. The fix appears to be to adapt the 2.4.x patch to 2.2.x, which looks fairly easy to do. Best Regards, Matthew Grant PS: I am a debian developer... Exploit code from lkml Andrea Arcangeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > we just can't a

Re: FW: i386 Linux kernel DoS - Affects 2.2.x and probably 2.0.x

staleness of this code segment, it may also be affected. The fix appears to be to adapt the 2.4.x patch to 2.2.x, which looks fairly easy to do. Best Regards, Matthew Grant PS: I am a debian developer... Exploit code from lkml Andrea Arcangeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > we just can't a

Proposal for new Security subsection for non-US

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FIX: Chunk fix for Apache 1.3.24 i386 .deb + source .dsc and .diff.gz available.

do NMU with new security system, or someone else can look after it. Matthew? Steve? Best Regards, Matthew Grant -- === Matthew Grant/\ ^/\^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ A Linux Network Guy

PATCH: apache 1.3.24 chunk size thingy - cert_vucert944335_1.3.24

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