Re: 2.4.16 + strace 4.4 + setuid programs

Manfred Spraul (manfred@colorfullife.com)
Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:25:53 +0100

> If you want to strace setuid things and
> have the setuid bit honored, you have to run strace as root with the -u
> option.

No, even that's not possible anymore.
setuid is now always ignored if a process is ptraced, even if root
is ptracing - that's the fix for the latest ptrace root exploit
(2.4.1x).

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	Manfred
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