[linux-security] Re: Serious Linux 2.0.34 security problem (fwd)

[Linux mailing list user <linux windows95 sucks eu org>]

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Annex wrote:

> I just saw this mentioned on linux-kernel and confirmed it;

[...]

> The fix is to invert !euid to euid in fs/fcntl.c:send_sigio(); line number
> is approximately 139.

A much simpler fix is to update to a 2.0.35preX kernel (X>=3).
ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/alan/2.0.35pre/

LLaP
bero

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