Bug 27140

Summary: ptrace bug is not fixed in kernel-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Nergal <nergal>
Component: kernelAssignee: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 7.0Keywords: Security
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Description Nergal 2001-02-12 13:57:10 UTC 
only the flush_old_exec() function is protected. this is clearly not enough. In
particular, copy_from_user() may sleep, so during args/env copying a thread
can be blocked. Args/environment are copied after must_not_trace_exec()
(which checks if a binary is being traced), but before compute_creds() (which
sets new euid). At this moment, a binary can be attached with ptrace, even
in case of kernel-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm.
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Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-17 07:55:55 UTC 
Fixed by the errata 2.2.19 kernel