Re: [Fwd: Re: LWN: Ptrace vulnerability in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels]

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: LWN: Ptrace vulnerability in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels]
From: Lutz Kittler <Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:12:22 +0200
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>
> but isn't there a trick to surpass the bug while waiting for debian
> updates ?
>
> or won't be there a 2.4.18 update ? :)
>

You can disable autoloading for kernel modules:
echo "xxxxx" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe .

 lutz

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