Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:54:07 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Re: Linux 2.6.17.4 |
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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:24:23PM -0500, Chase Venters wrote: > On Thursday 06 July 2006 17:28, Greg KH wrote: > > case PR_SET_DUMPABLE: > > - if (arg2 < 0 || arg2 > 2) { > > + if (arg2 < 0 || arg2 > 1) { > > error = -EINVAL; > > break; > > } > > Am I staring at this crooked, or not looking deep enough? My manual page for > prctl says 2 is valid there. Specifically: > > Since kernel 2.6.13, the value 2 is also permitted; this causes > any binary which normally would not be dumped to be dumped read- > able by root only. (See also the description of > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable in proc(5).) > > ...has something changed, and my manpages don't reflect it? Did I miss a > conversation about this?
Please refer to the CVE number for details.
thanks,
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