Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Local root exploit with kmod and modutils > 2.1.121 | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:04:23 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> request_module has the same effect as running suid. dev_load() can > take the interface name and pass it to modprobe unchanged and modprobe > does not verify its input, it trusts root/kernel.
Then dev_load is being called the wrong way. In older kernels we explicitly only did a dev_load with user passed names providing suser() was true.
Alan
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