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Security Advisory - Linux Kernel - CVE-2009-0028

Released: Apr 28, 2009     Updated: Apr 28, 2009

Description

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.


Product Version

Linux Platforms 1.x

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Installation Notes

Installation Notes

WIND00158964.zip is for 1.4
WIND00158972.zip is for 1.5
1. Unzip the patch under [install_dir]/updates 
2. Install the patch CD by entering the patch CD directory and run setup_linux. 
3. This is a source only patch so you will have to build the kernel 
4. Issue a make fs and make the kernel in a configured directory. 
5. Upload the kernel and rootfs into the target and boot it up.


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