Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Local root exploit with kmod and modutils > 2.1.121 | Date | Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:00:16 +1100 |
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:21:52 +0100, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> wrote: >as modprobe (insmod) args parsing seems POSIX compliant, we should put a >"--" before >what should be interpreted only as a textual argument, not as an option. >This is a lot safer: whatever is passed, modprobe will take it as a module >name.
That only solves one of the two exploit methods. modutils 2.3.20 solves both without any kernel changes, mainly so it fixes the problem on all kernels, including 2.2.
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