kashmir@umiacs.UMD.EDU wrote:
> +	 * Discard setgid privileges if not the running kernel so that bad
> +	 * guys can't print interesting stuff from kernel memory.
> +	 */
> +	if (system != _PATH_UNIX || kmemf != _PATH_KMEM)
> +		setgid(getgid());
> +

I doubt if a patch like this is going to work. Remember, _PATH_UNIX and
_PATH_KMEM are #defines for string literals, and different string
literals, even if they contain the same text, may or may not have
different addresses. I suggest using strcmp().

-Olaf.
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