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In article <44B90DF1.8070400@ns666.com>, Von Wolher <trilight@ns666.com> wrote: >Daniel Drake wrote:>> Hi Linus,>> >> Linus Torvalds wrote:>> >>> I did a slight modification of the patch I committed initially, in the >>> face of the report from Marcel that the initial sledge-hammer approach >>> broke his hald setup.>>>>>> See commit 9ee8ab9fbf21e6b87ad227cd46c0a4be41ab749b: "Relax /proc fix >>> a bit", which should still fix the bug (can somebody verify? I'm 100% >>> sure, but still..), but is pretty much guaranteed to not have any >>> secondary side effects.>>>>>> It still leaves the whole issue of whether /proc should honor chmod AT >>> ALL open, and I'd love to close that one, but from a "minimal fix" >>> standpoint, I think it's a reasonable (and simple) patch. >>> >>> Marcel, can you check current git?>> >> >> I can confirm that the new fix prevents the exploit from working, with >> no immediately visible side effects.>> >> Thanks,>> Daniel>> >>Can some one release a 2.6.17.6 ? I think many people are waiting at >their keyboard to get their systems protected. # mount -o remount,nosuid /proc Haven't tested it but that should be the workaround. Mike. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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