Re: 2.1.96 EXPLOIT was [rootshell] Security Bulletin #18 (fwd)

Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr@nwrain.net)
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 21:23:16 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, David S. Miller wrote:
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:30:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@imag.net>
>
> I found this in my email a few minuts ago. I immediatly tested
> this on my system and to my horror it instantly rebooted.
>
> It's been fixed for 2 days, relax, here is a patch, it just hasn't
> made it's way into Linus's 2.1.x tree yet:

How about 2.0.33, or 'just apply it on 2.0.33 and be happy'
IE: It works on 2.0.33.
Tia, JimL
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