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Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling -- Simple workaround Jul 14 2006 07:08PM
Hugo van der Kooij (hvdkooij vanderkooij org)
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Caveo Internet BV - Security wrote:

> The most easy way to stop this vulnerability is this by sepcifying the core
> dump location
>
> echo /root/core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
>
> This specifies /root as core dump location which makes it unavailable for
> the local user.
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