Bug#464953: Amd64 hotfix

2008-02-11 Thread Kyle McMartin
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 01:54:35PM -0500, Ivan Jager wrote: I modified the hotfix so it will also patch compat_sys_vmsplice, which would be important on amd64 boxen with x86 compatibility enabled. these hotfixes are so completely wrong, it's not even funny. you're playing russian roulette

Bug#464953: Amd64 hotfix

2008-02-11 Thread Ivan Jager
I modified the hotfix so it will also patch compat_sys_vmsplice, which would be important on amd64 boxen with x86 compatibility enabled. It's attached, or if for some reason it doesn't make it through, you can fetch it from http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~aij/disable-vmsplice-if-exploitable-aij.c

Bug#464953: Amd64 hotfix

2008-02-11 Thread Michael Holzt
I modified the hotfix so it will also patch compat_sys_vmsplice, which would be important on amd64 boxen with x86 compatibility enabled. Once again: The hotfix and also your modification are stupid, stupid, stupid and dangerous. The hotfix first attempts to try the exploit and this corrupts