From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@strakt.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] security of inferno os [ptr]
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:14:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C6004D4.39DC3014@strakt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020205160123.34bbd677.matt@proweb.co.uk>
Matt H wrote:
> I get a false sense of security from using FreeBSD rather than Linux
Hmm ...
brucee@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
>
> *** {02.04.030} Linux - UML kernel memory access
>
> User-Mode-Linux version 2.4.17-8 has been found to allow normal users
> within a UML Linux environment to change around system syscalls and
> access kernel memory, thereby allows them to gain root access both
> inside and outside the UML environment.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-05 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-05 9:53 ozan s yigit
2002-02-05 12:27 ` Alexander Viro
2002-02-05 15:08 ` ozan s yigit
2002-02-05 16:01 ` Matt H
2002-02-05 16:14 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
2002-02-05 16:26 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-02-05 16:17 anothy
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