vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit
vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit
Posted Feb 12, 2008 22:48 UTC (Tue) by jd (guest, #26381)In reply to: vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit by and
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If it's just casting, then fixing an unexploitable casting bug is tidier than leaving it, explicitly states intention, and prevents these souped-up aggressive optimizing compilers used on the kernel from optimizing in a problem sometime down the road. On the other hand, unnecessary changes introduce risks of adding as many problems as they fix.