Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:50:42 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, David S. Miller wrote:

> We had an issue like this last year, where someone tried to kill
> security exploits by putting a monkey wrench into the kernel
> (I'm refereing to the non-executable stack patches). That change
> didn't go in, and we're still alive today.

And there's a camp of people who consider linux without secure-linux
unsuitable for use on the internet. Sure, it's a bandaid...but it
definitely does stop alot of the bleeding.

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