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Interesting kernel exploit posted

Interesting kernel exploit posted

Posted Dec 8, 2010 16:08 UTC (Wed) by nelhage (subscriber, #59579)
In reply to: Interesting kernel exploit posted by ctg
Parent article: Interesting kernel exploit posted

You need the econet module loaded, but most kernels today (including, for instance, nearly all current Ubuntu kernels) will automatically load it if anyone, even an unprivileged user, attempts to create an AF_ECONET socket.


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