From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261370AbUL2KZh (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:25:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261395AbUL2KZh (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:25:37 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:20455 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261370AbUL2KZd (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:25:33 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:25:32 +0100 From: bert hubert To: Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: local root exploit confirmed in 2.6.10: Linux 2.6 Kernel Capability LSM Module Local Privilege Elevation Message-ID: <20041229102532.GB9926@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Lee Revell , linux-kernel References: <1104268915.20714.20.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1104268915.20714.20.camel@krustophenia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:21:55PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > Frank Barknecht pointed this out on linux-audio-dev, it's a horrible > bug, I confirmed it in 2.6.10, and have not seen it mentioned on the > list. Although this sucks, it should be pointed out that it only grants root to users able to force the loading of a certain module, aka 'root'. Modules have always been free to give root capabilities to all users. We don't usually ship these though :-) -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO