Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:00:34 +0000 | From | Joel Soete <> | Subject | Re: [parisc-linux] Security Hole in binfmt_som.c ? |
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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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