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Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

Posted Jul 21, 2009 2:13 UTC (Tue) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
In reply to: Fun with NULL pointers, part 1 by kpfleming
Parent article: Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

A setuid program loading unprivileged modules usually isn't a problem if that program drops its privs before doing so.

Usually.

This whole mess goes to show that security is a hard-to-solve problem.

Taking privs off pulseaudio (Linux has been capable of doing better than all-out-setuid for _how_ long, exactly ?!?) may or may not be the solution in this case, I haven't checked.


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