LWN.net Logo

A rootkit dissected

A rootkit dissected

Posted Nov 23, 2012 1:25 UTC (Fri) by PaXTeam (subscriber, #24616)
In reply to: A rootkit dissected by BenHutchings
Parent article: A rootkit dissected

and what exactly prevents a normal module from posing as an LSM? nothing? ;)


(Log in to post comments)

A rootkit dissected

Posted Nov 24, 2012 0:12 UTC (Sat) by dpquigl (subscriber, #52852) [Link]

You're right absolutely nothing and with this proposed patch by the TOMOYO developer[1] It will become even easier.

[1]http://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/linux-security-module...

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds