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Created: Thursday, September 24 2009 10:24.43 CDT

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Linux kernel 2.6.31 perf_counter_open exploit

Author: xipe

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Well, it has been a while since my last technical post � More than 1 year ?!? Wow, time runs so fast :)

So let�s go for a post about Linux kernel exploitation (yeah, I know, sounds cool). We will exploit a quite recent bug in kernel 2.6.31 (still unpatched while writing this) in the perf_counter_open syscall (CVE 2009-3234) to gain root privileges. As real hackers say, f34R.

But, let�s start by the begining: the bug.
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