Linux Kernel 'exit_notify()' CAP_KILL Verification Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Linux Kernel 'exit_notify()' CAP_KILL Verification Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) check (Oleg Nesterov)
Bugzilla Bug 493771: kernel: exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) check (Eugene Teo)
Linux Homepage (Linux)
patch-2.6.29-git14.log (Linux Kernel)
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006401-SG: Updates VMkernel, VMware Tools, hostd (VMware)
VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release addre (VMware Security Team )
ASA-2009-508 kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2009-1550) (Avaya)
RHSA-2009:1024-1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 kernel security and bug fix update (Red Hat)
USN-793-1 (Ubuntu)
VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel (VMware)

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