bugtraq - Re: Linux kernel scm

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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:31:30 +0100 (CET)
From: Paul Starzetz <ihaquer@...c.pl>
To: even multiplexed <Shadow333@....at>
Cc: security@...c.pl, <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>,
	<vulnwatch@...nwatch.org>, <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Subject: Re: Linux kernel scm_send local DoS

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/