Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Posted Aug 15, 2009 11:39 UTC (Sat) by trasz (guest, #45786)
In reply to: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability by spender
Parent article: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

In this case, it's more a design mistake in LSM - allowing a policy to _lower_ the security, i.e. to permit something that would be otherwise denied - than a specific vulnerability. Vulnerability is just an effect of this problem.