Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:23:55 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds |
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What if a root process wants to put a suid program at the end of a shell pipeline for example? This changes core unix semantics, and is a bandaid at best.
Another issue, what's going to propagate to users who care more quickly, this kernel fix or updates of the packages fixed?
We had an issue like this last year, where someone tried to kill security exploits by putting a monkey wrench into the kernel (I'm refereing to the non-executable stack patches). That change didn't go in, and we're still alive today.
At best this should be a non-official patch for people who want piece of mind until the linux security audit team takes care of all the userland bits which can be hit by this bug, not a part of the official tree.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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