Re: [RFC, PATCH] fix SEM_UNDO with namespaces

[Manfred Spraul]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Absolutely.
> >
> >     
>
> Guys, what's the status here?
>
> afaict Manfred has identified an available-to-unprivileged-apps kernel
> memory corrupter?  If so, we should fix it asap for 2.6.25.  And for
> 2.6.24.x if it's also present there.
>
>   
No, it's a priveledged-only memory corruption:
> int unshare_nsproxy_namespaces(unsigned long unshare_flags,
>                 struct nsproxy **new_nsp, struct fs_struct *new_fs)
> {
>         int err = 0;
> [snip]
>         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>                 return -EPERM;

> Manfred's patch doesn't come close to applying against the 2.6.26 IPC
> things which we have queued but that's OK - bugfixes come first.
>   
Where can I find the queued changes? Are they in -mm?

--
   Manfred
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