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Re: kernel ptrace bug



On Wednesday 19 March 2003 09:18, Martynas Domarkas wrote:
> Grsecurity patch can limit ordinary user use ptrace. Can it help avoid
> ptrace exploit?
>
>
> Martynas

yes for the most part limiting access to /proc/self/exe breaks the exploit.

http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/2.4.20/linux-2.4.20-ptrace.patch

The patch seems to remove all access to ptrace calls even for root though, I 
don't see how this _fixes_ anything other than breaking the exploit.

didn't look into that much so correct me if I'm wrong.

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