"Hole in the Linux kernel allows root access" - Do we have to worry?

[ad_267]

I get a 0 from that command. I'm using Karmic..

Same here, I have Wine installed. I'm not particularly worried though.

[rookcifer]

I get a 0 from that command. I'm using Karmic..

As the second article I posted suggests, Wine is causing this. I don't run Wine, so I am still using the default 65535 value that Karmic provides.

[Sir Jasper]

Hi rookcipher,

Thank you for posting both the test and the fix (where I had a 0 value and needed to start the fix with ¨sudo¨).

I did not read the articles and I use 9.04 and Wine; which seems to still be working, I assume as expected, after applying the fix.

My regards

[3rdalbum]

Ubuntu ships with that magic number at a high value; the exploit only works when the number is set to 0 (which happens if Wine or DOSbox is installed).

Funnily enough, Wine still seems to work if you set the number to 1.

[cariboo]

Lucid is already running 2.6.32:

Linux alexis-lucid 2.6.32-2-generic #2-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 31 17:06:33 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[FuturePilot]

I thought this was already fixed?

[TheForumTroll]

As the second article I posted suggests, Wine is causing this. I don't run Wine, so I am still using the default 65535 value that Karmic provides.

I missed that bit. Thank you for the info

[MasterNetra]

Doesn't Karmic Come with it fixed?

[coldReactive]

I thought this was already fixed?

Fix Released NEVER EVER in a million years will EVER equal fix committed.

[FuturePilot]

Fix Released NEVER EVER in a million years will EVER equal fix committed.

What?