Openwall Linux Kernel Patch

Openwall Linux Kernel Patch: Posted Nov 24, 2004; Authored by Solar Designer | Site openwall.com; The Openwall Linux kernel patch is a collection of security "hardening" features for the Linux kernel which can stop most 'cookbook' buffer overflow exploits. The patch can also add more privacy to the system by restricting access to parts of /proc so that users may not see what others are doing. Also tightens down file descriptors 0, 1, and 2, implements process limits and shared memory destruction.; Changes: 2.4.28-ow1 fixes a number of security-related bugs, including the local root ELF loader vulnerabilities discovered by Paul Starzetz, a race condition with reads from Unix domain sockets (potential local root), and smbfs support vulnerabilities discovered by Stefan Esser (remote DoS by a malicious smbfs server; potential: remote root by a malicious smbfs server).; tags | overflow, kernel; systems | linux; SHA-256 | 256cfa736b57ad57623917b4da7131b7ab1915c65a0a3f47a53ca2d186266ee0; Download | Favorite | View

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