Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:56:25 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Re: Linux 2.6.17.4 |
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* Willy Tarreau (w@1wt.eu) wrote: > Interestingly, 2.4 tests (arg2 !=0 && arg2 != 1) so from the code changes > above, it looks like the value 2 was added on purpose, but for what ? Maybe > the fix is not really correct yet ?
The old code was changed to support a new feature (suid_dumpable for debugging). The sysctl should support 2 (the new value), but the prctl can be abused and hence reducing the test to one analgous to 2.4. This is a correct fix.
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