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Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability Aug 15 2007 09:05PM
Wojciech Purczynski (cliph isec pl)

> > In this case check_kill_permission() returns -EPERM for unprivileged
> > parent.
> >
> You always talked about setuid root process sending PDEATH_SIG to the
> root child, didn't you? check_kill_permission() checks current->euid and
> current->uid against t->uid and t->suid, where 'current' is t...

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