ptrace/kmod exploit still works in 2.4.21?

[Pete Taphouse <pete@bytemark.co.uk>]

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Hi,

I've been doing some experiments with the 2.4.21 kernel, and the ptrace 
exploit: the result of which is that I've compiled a kernel with the 
processor set to i386.  I then ran this kernel on 2 computers, one is a Duron 
machine with SIS chipset, the other is a Pentium 4 machine with the Intel 845 
chipset. The exploit still gave me a root shell on the Pentium 4 machine, but 
didn't on the Duron one.

I've read the previous post about this, and in both cases I only logged in as 
an unprivileged user.  I didn't login as root and then su to an unprivileged 
use first. I checked to see that I was root by opening /etc/shadow.

The exploit used was:
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0304-exploits/ptrace-kmod.c

The config file for the kernel I compiled is at:
http://www.bytemark-hosting.co.uk/config.txt

Any ideas?

-- 
Peter Taphouse

Bytemark Hosting
http://www.bytemark-hosting.co.uk
tel. +44 (0) 8707 455 026

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