applying patches to running kernels

[John Newbigin]

I have created a patch which protects against the suid & ptrace
problem.  The patch is a kernel module which you can load into a running
kernel without the need to reboot.

It is just a concept at the moment (although it appears to work) but I
hope that it might sparc some intrest in a project devoted to simalar
kinds of 'hot' fixes.

The module code and short description can be found here
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/kernel.htm

Please cc me in any replies.

John.

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Information Technology Innovation Group
Swinburne University. Melbourne, Australia
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