[grsec] [SA20953] Linux Kernel "prctl" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Fri Jul 7 21:03:57 EDT 2006

On 7 Jul 2006 at 20:41, fire-eyes wrote:

> On Friday 07 July 2006 20:25, Les wrote:
> > <!DOCTYPE html PUB [snip]
> 
> Thank you, however, can we please get that in plain text? No, I don't want to 
> start a txt vs html mail war... Please don't reply that way.
> 
> -- 
> "When you walk across the fields with your mind pure and holy, then from
> all the stones, and all growing things, and all animals, the sparks of
> their soul come out and cling to you. And then they are purified, and
> become a holy fire in you." -- Ancient Hasidic Saying

not to rain on your parade, but i think i'm not the only one who sees
a certain discrepancy between 2 lines of content and a 4 line sig...

as for the original question, no, the 2.6.14 patch doesn't fix this bug
and you need to apply the mainline patch yourself.