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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Attacks based on predictable process IDs??
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- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Attacks based on predictable process IDs??
- From: Luis Bruno <lbruno@gaesi.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:02:05 +0000
Wojciech Purczynski wrote:
> Your "current" linux doesn't seem to be stable yet ;) I haven't seen
> pids wider than 15 bits on any production system :)
/usr/include/asm/posix_types.h: typedef int __kernel_pid_t;
/usr/include/linux/types.h: typedef __kernel_pid_t pid_t;
The reason you don't see 32bit pids is described here:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0001.2/0169.html
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