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1997 Oct 08
5
Malicious Linux modules
..., kill(), read()
* and query_module() system calls to demonstrate the potential
* dangers of the way modules have full access to the entire kernel.
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* Once loaded, the module becomes invisible and can not be removed
* with rmmod. Any files or directories starting with the string
* defined by MAGIC_PREFIX appear to disappear, and sending a signal
* 31 to any process as root effectively hides it and all its future
* children.
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* This code should compile cleanly and work with most (if not all)
* recent 2.1.x kernels, and has been tested under 2.1.44 and 2.1.57.
* It will not compile as is under...