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From"Miquel van Smoorenburg" <>
SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.17.5
DateSat, 15 Jul 2006 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC)
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.

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