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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:33:35 -0800 From: coderman <coderman@...il.com> To: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: Linux kernel exploit On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com> wrote: > ... I've included here a proof-of-concept local privilege escalation exploit... > * This exploit leverages three vulnerabilities to get root, all of which were > * discovered by Nelson Elhage: >... > * However, the important issue, CVE-2010-4258, affects everyone, and it would > * be trivial to find an unpatched DoS under KERNEL_DS and write a slightly > * more sophisticated version of this... nice :) clearly demonstrates why risk is complicated and seemingly minor defects (worth delaying patches for weeks/months? ;) can combine into truly ugly vulnerabilities... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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