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Re: Linux kernel scm_send local DoS


From: Paul Starzetz <ihaquer () isec pl>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:31:30 +0100 (CET)

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, even multiplexed wrote:

attention.i just wanted to ask if anyone has a tip for me how to 
quickfix this bug, without actually rebuilding a patched version of the 
kernel.

I don't think this is practicable, since the bugs reside in deep kernel 
functions. You can not fix it just by disabling a particular syscall. You 
have patch a running kernel binary, maybe someone comes up with this kind 
of utlility.

-- 
Paul Starzetz
iSEC Security Research
http://isec.pl/


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