On 14 May 2013 18:36, John Andreasson <andreassonj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > Was just alerted of a kernel bug in RHEL [1], but when testing the sample > code on Wheezy as an unprivileged user it successfully gives me a root > prompt. Kind of suboptimal. :-( > > Any idea when this is fixed? > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792
Hi John, I'm unable to replicate this 'issue' on my up to date Wheezy laptop. gavin@caelyn:~$ uname -a Linux caelyn 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I run the compiled binary of this exploit as my unprivileged user I get the following error:- gavin@caelyn:~$ ./getroot 2.6.37-3.x x86_64 sd@f***sheep.org 2010 getroot: getroot.c:81: main: Assertion `p = memmem(code, 1024, &needle, 8)' failed. Aborted What kernel are you able to replicate this bug with ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAN=HbLKvPKCop39STjdivBFGCaymjzmmH1FvfU=qNMitrNYJ=w...@mail.gmail.com
