Re: Linux Kernel 2.2.x

From: Mariusz Woloszyn (emsi@ipartners.pl)
Date: 08/24/01 

Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:54:31 +0200 (EEST)
From: Mariusz Woloszyn <emsi@ipartners.pl>
To: mazzaro@inwind.it
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel 2.2.x
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.10108241149210.12025-200000@dzyngiel.ipartners.pl>

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Silvio Mazzaro wrote:

> The execve/ptrace race condition still appears to work on linux kernel
> 2.2.19..
>
 
Again attached module disables ptrace for non root users. Id does not
solve the problem, but prevents exploiting it.

NOTE: there may be another way to exploit this vulnerability!

p.s. gcc -c npt.c; insmod ./npt.o 

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Mariusz Wołoszyn
Internet Security Specialist, Internet Partners