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Salut

Este bug imporant de local root compromise (cred) in mremap.c, treceti 
repede la 2.4.24 (cei care urmaresc lkml cred ca s-au amuzat de viteza cu 
care 2.4.24-rc1 a devenit 2.4.24 lol).

Patchul de care zic eu ar fi:
- --- linux-2.4.23/mm/mremap.c    2003-08-25 11:44:44.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.4.24-rc1/mm/mremap.c        2004-01-04 20:52:19.000000000 
+0000
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@
 
                if (new_len > TASK_SIZE || new_addr > TASK_SIZE - new_len)
                        goto out;
+               /*
+                * Allow new_len == 0 only if new_addr == addr
+                * to preserve truncation in place (that was working
+                * safe and some app may depend on it).
+                */
+               if (unlikely(!new_len && new_addr != addr))
+                       goto out;
 
                /* Check if the location we're moving into overlaps the
                 * old location at all, and fail if it does.

PS: :((( si eu care tocmai bootasem 2.4.24-rc1 lol!

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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 05:55:57 -0800
From: Marcelo Tosatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux-2.4.24 released

final:

- - 2.4.24-rc1 was released as 2.4.24 with no changes.


Summary of changes from v2.4.23 to v2.4.24-rc1
============================================

<bjorn.helgaas:hp.com>:
  o Fix 2.4 EFI RTC oops

<marcelo.tosatti:cyclades.com>:
  o Andrea Arcangeli: malicious users of mremap() syscall can gain priviledges

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:
  o Harald Welte: Fix ipchains MASQUERADE oops
  o Change EXTRAVERSION to 2.4.24-rc1

<trini:mvista.com>:
  o /dev/rtc can leak parts of kernel memory to unpriviledged users

Jean Tourrilhes:
  o IrDA kernel log buster

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