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SubjectRe: [parisc-linux] Security Hole in binfmt_som.c ?
Alan Cox wrote:

>On Sad, 2003-08-30 at 14:15, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 02:42:37PM +0200, Ruediger Scholz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>binfmt_som.c:216:2: #error "Fix security hole before enabling me"
>>>What's this message about?
>>>
>>>
>>I don't know. I wish someone would tell me. You'd think they'd have the
>>decency to contact the person listed as the author at the top of the file.
>>
>>
>
>Actually explanations were posted in the previous discussion on this on
>parisc-list.
>
>Someone has to do the equivalent of the 2.4.22 binfmt_elf changes if
>neccessary so that another thread can't change the file handles or
>steal the exec fd being passed to the loader.
>
>
>
Yes Alan, it was:
<http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2003-July/020386.html>

Sorry Willy I trusted that you read it (My bad next time I will advise
you directly)

Joel

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