Round 1: Local root exploit in the Kernel

[Chuck Wolber]

> Ok guys, time to try if you are prepared:
> http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0013-mremap.txt
> 
> And a patch:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/diff/2004/1/5/74/1
> 
> Don't know if this patch is complete or not ....

If I am not mistaken, RedHat has released errata for this going back to RH 
7.1. I would consider this a nice gesture on their part, since they didn't 
have to do that.

-Chuck



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