Miscellany

To: Gentoo-Security [bugs.gentoo.org]

Subject: Kernel Exploit

A Linux Kernel Exploit was posted to Full-Disclosure effecting the 2.6.x kernels.
The attached code exploits a root race in /proc, The exploit has been acknowledged and a patch is now available.

The exploit can be found: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047913.html
A patch for this exploit can be found here: http://lkml.org/lkml/diff/2006/7/14/306/1