What does junk the cache mean?
I am trying to see if
2.6.42 is vulnerable on my test server, can you confirm you got the same: [tester@test tmp]$ ./h00lyshit file preparing trying to exploit file failed: Permission denied They state: ** if y0u dont have one, make big file (~100MB) in /tmp with dd ** and try to junk the cache e.g. cat /usr/lib/* >/dev/null What do they mean by "and try to junk the cache e.g. cat /usr/lib/* >/dev/null" ? |
maybe so ur kernel is not vulnerable..i got the same on a not affected kernel. on affected kernel i get Exec format error.
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Hmm, from my knowledge, cat /usr/lib/* should show the contents of every file in /usr/lib, and >/dev/null sends everything printed to stdout (aka printed on screen and not an error) to /dev/null, that is, doesn't show it any more.
Basicly, I can't see any reason to use that command except to see which files you haven't got access to, or something like that. And, also, from what I know, /usr/lib has nothing to do with cache, but I am still new to this, so, anyone correct me if I am wrong. Also, who are "they" and what's the deal with a 100Mb file in /tmp? |
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i believe the 100MB file is only needed if you don't have any other big file to run the exploit against... |
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