lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Aug]   [4]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds
Date
brandon s. allbery writes:
> In message <199808041827.OAA18688@jupiter.cs.uml.edu>, "Albert D. Cahalan"


> | OS/390 does something like that, even for non-setuid processes.
> | (no problems either: OS/390 is UNIX) So gcc could be hacked.
>
> On which planet? OS/390 is a cross of MVS and VM; it has a POSIX
> compatibility layer, but its guts are *not* Unix-like.

"OS/390 Version 1 Release 2 is a a certified UNIX system,
having achieved X/Open's XPG4 UNIX Profile Brand."

That's better than we can say. As for the "guts", who cares?
It could be a microkernel written in FORTRAN and still be unix.

It should be clear now that vulnerability to stack smashing is
not a unix requirement.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:43    [W:0.064 / U:0.140 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site