Linux security vulnerability allows root access
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
One of the developers of the original Linux core posted a vulnerability notice Monday with details of a flaw that could allow a local user to assume control of a Linux computer. Alan Cox, who worked with LinusTorvalds on the software that spawned the Linux operating system, sent an e-mail message to a mailing list for Linux kernel developers detailing a flaw in a debugging component known as ptrace. The flaw affects the Linux 2.2 and Linux 2.4 kernels.