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Linux kernel securityLinux kernel securityPosted Jan 13, 2005 7:15 UTC (Thu) by maniax (subscriber, #4509)Parent article: Linux kernel security
The uselib() exploit was in fact released, and it's source is even in the original advisory.
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Linux kernel security Posted Jan 13, 2005 10:33 UTC (Thu) by hensema (guest, #980) [Link] Indeed it is. I haven't been able to make it actually work though. The exploit forks off some threads, eats LOTS of memory, uses a lot of cpu power, and then fails. Again and again.
The exploit does seem to fork off one more thread each time it is run, so it must be doing something to the kernel memory.
However, this exploit won't go unnoticed on your machine. Just watch for huge load spikes.
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