Bug#429918: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: setuid nobody fails after a set number of calls

To: Huaqing Zheng <morpheus@stanford.edu>, 429918@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#429918: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: setuid nobody fails after a set number of calls
From: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:37:51 +0200
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Reply-to: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, 429918@bugs.debian.org
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:08:06AM -0700, Huaqing Zheng wrote:
> The default kernel shipped with etch seems to have an issue where setuid
> calls will fail after a set number of calls.  This seems to happen more 
> with the nobody user.

Please provide a test program which shows this problem.

Bastian

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