Re: local root exploit confirmed in 2.6.10: Linux 2.6 KernelCapability LSM Module Local Privilege Elevation

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 11:25 +0100, bert hubert wrote:
> 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'.

Not force the loading of a certain module, but predict when it will be
loaded.  Still, not easy to exploit.

Lee

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