Re: [parisc-linux] Security Hole in binfmt_som.c ?

[Joel Soete]

Alan Cox wrote:

> On Sad, 2003-08-30 at 14:15, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>  
>
> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 02:42:37PM +0200, Ruediger Scholz wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > binfmt_som.c:216:2: #error "Fix security hole before enabling me"
> > > What's this message about?
> > >      
> > I don't know.  I wish someone would tell me.  You'd think they'd have the
> > decency to contact the person listed as the author at the top of the file.
> >    
>
> Actually explanations were posted in the previous discussion on this on
> parisc-list.
>
> Someone has to do the equivalent of the 2.4.22 binfmt_elf changes if
> neccessary so that another thread can't change the file handles or 
> steal the exec fd being passed to the loader.
>
>  
Yes Alan, it was: 
<http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2003-July/020386.html>

Sorry Willy I trusted that you read it (My bad next time I will advise 
you directly)

Joel

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