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Date: Tue,  5 Feb 2002 17:14:12 +0100
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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.