Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Local root exploit with kmod and modutils > 2.1.121 | Date | 16 Nov 2000 14:18:34 -0800 |
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Followup to: <5529.974412016@ocs3.ocs-net> By author: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > 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. >
However, the kernel change is probably still a good idea.
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