Handling argc==0 in the kernel
Handling argc==0 in the kernel
Posted Jan 28, 2022 18:53 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566)Parent article: Handling argc==0 in the kernel
Just idly speculating here... what would the fallout be if instead of throwing an error, the kernel filled in an empty argv with "/proc/self/exe"? That's going from one Linux-specific behaviour to another but I'm guessing it'd still close the original exploit.
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