Re: x86 vulnerability

From: Florian Weimer (Florian.Weimerat_private-STUTTGART.DE)
Date: Thu Apr 26 2001 - 06:41:49 PDT

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    Johnny Cyberpunk * <johncybpkat_private> writes:
    
    > The LSD Team has found this bug in the ARGUS System. Know since January
    > 2001, found by a NETBSD-Team and fixed very earlier than SUN has.
    > SUN fixed it primal on 17.04.2001 and ARGUS hasn't patched it.
    
    Has anybody looked at the LDT modification syscall in the Linux
    kernel?  The most severe problems with it were fixed back in 1997 or
    so, but the code seems to have changed substantially since then.
    
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