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List:       bugtraq
Subject:    Re: BoS: Urgent !! Serious Linux Security Bug....
From:       Alan Cox <coxa () cableol ! net>
Date:       1996-10-25 17:05:19
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> have stomped on some important kernel data structure.
>
> Opinions?  Confirmations?  Specific kernel code snippets with explanations
> (for those that don't hack that particular system's kernel)?

Not in the Linux case. The bug was (and I suspect is in some other cases)
a 16bit/32bit value problem.

Alan

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