Bug#429918: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: setuid nobody fails after a set number of calls)
Your message dated Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:33:34 +0200
with message-id <20070623093334.GA11214@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org>
and subject line Bug#429918: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: setuid nobody fails after a set number of calls
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am
talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration
somewhere. Please contact me immediately.)
Debian bug tracking system administrator
(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
--- Begin Message ---
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Severity: important
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.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85g tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 recommends:
pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-686: false
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-686: true
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 01:55:49AM -0700, Huaqing Zheng wrote:
> I can't seem to reproduce it. After some discussion with Russ Allbery,
> we decided it might be related to the OpenAFS kernel module.
OpenAFS qualifies as rootkit ...
> In
> the mean time, feel free to close this bug.
Closing than.
Bastian
--
There are some things worth dying for.
-- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7
--- End Message ---
Reply to: