FS#9518 - Kernel 2.6 Local root exploit

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Bob (shuomi) - Sunday, 10 February 2008, 21:45 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 10 February 2008, 21:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
As reported by Slashdot : http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/10/2011257

I have tested the proof-of-concept code linked in the article on i686, kernel 2.6.23. It successfully gave root priviliges to a regular user.


Attached the exploit as linked in the /. article (in case of slashdotting)
   root_exploit.c (6.1 KiB)
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 21:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#9507 
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Sunday, 10 February 2008, 21:52 GMT
3th bug on this subject. this is fix in the last kernel from core. 2.6.24.1

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