> I've included here a proof-of-concept local privilege escalation exploit
> for Linux. Please read the header for an explanation of what's going
> on. Without further ado, I present full-nelson.c:

Hello Dan, is this exploitation not mitigated by best practice
defense-in-depth strategies such as preventing the CAP_SYS_MODULE
capability or '/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.modules_disabled=1' respectively? 
It seems it'd certainly stop the Econet/Acorn issue.

Curious to hear your input as I fear too many rely solely on errata updates and not a good defense-in-depth approach.

> Happy hacking,
> Dan

Cheers,
John Jacobs

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