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Stable kernel updates (security fix)

Posted May 7, 2008 21:49 UTC (Wed) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: Stable kernel updates (security fix) by viro
Parent article: Stable kernel updates (security fix)

Ah, yes, if the kernel itself is assuming that a locked file must be open in how it handles
memory, that's a pretty easy escalation.

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