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careful about who gets root?

Story: Exploiting the Linux KernelTotal Replies: 2
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herzeleid

Aug 16, 2007
10:44 AM EDT 		Oh wow, so it is possible, for someone with root shell access on a linux system with development tools, to modify the kernel in various ways.

hmm, but then again, if an attacker has somehow gotten root on your system in the first place, you're already pwned.

Bob_Robertson

Aug 17, 2007
7:06 AM EDT 		> an attacker has ... root on your system..., you're already pwned.

That would seem the very definition of "pwned".
Sander_Marechal

Aug 17, 2007
7:20 AM EDT 		The idea behind it is probably that you build it on one computer, then (try to) execute it at another.

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