[arch-general] Linux Local Privilege Escalation via SUID /proc/pid/mem Write

[Jayesh Badwaik]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson at archlinux.org> wrote:
> [2012-01-24 10:41:10 +0530] Jayesh Badwaik:
>> I have just discovered this kernel exploit which allows a local user
>> to obtain root priviliges. The detailed explanation is given at [1].
>> The patch has been apparently fixed in the kernel as of now (according
>> to the blog post), but that update has not yet come into archlinux.
>
> Yes it has; that's why linux-3.2.1-2 is out.
>
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> Gaetan

Ohk, its just that I did not find any notice on the frontpage,
public-dev or general mailing list etc. So, I just posted. Thanks for
the information.

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Jayesh Vinay Badwaik
Electronics and Communication Engineering
VNIT, INDIA
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