Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262258AbTH3XeE (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 19:34:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262281AbTH3XeE (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 19:34:04 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:25528 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262258AbTH3Xd5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 19:33:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Security Hole in binfmt_som.c ? From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Ruediger Scholz , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030830135933.GJ13467@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3F509BBD.2040007@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de> <20030830131541.GI13467@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <1062251389.31150.4.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030830135933.GJ13467@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062286379.31332.6.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-4) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 00:33:00 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 627 Lines: 14 On Sad, 2003-08-30 at 14:59, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Um, I can't find it, and neither can Google: > http://www.google.com/search?q=binfmt_som+security&as_q=%5Bparisc-linux&btnG=Google+Search&as_sitesearch=lists.parisc-linux.org Humm I thought it was on this list. Maybe lkml then Whatever the basic problem is we have kernel loaders and user threads sharing a file table unsafely - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/