Full Disclosure: Re: Linux kernel exploit

[coderman <coderman () gmail com>]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Dan Rosenberg
<dan.j.rosenberg () gmail 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...

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