Subject: Re: [vserver] Zero day privilege escalation exploit for kernels 2.6.37=>3.8.10 (CVE-2013-2094)
From: Jean Weisbuch <jean@phpnet.org>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 11:03:14 +0200
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:03:14 +0200
Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.

About the PERF_EVENTS, I dont think that disabling it in the long run is 
the best operation as perf is a very powerful and useful tool.


Regards,

*Jean Weisbuch*
System and Network Administrator | *Predictys* | _www.predictys.fr 
<http://www.predictys.fr/>_

Le 16/05/2013 10:50, Ben Green a écrit :
> Quoting Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz@pawlowicz.name>:
>
>>
>> do we need PERF_EVENTS in the kernel at all? i would recon to remove it.
>>
>> s.
>
> I'm re-compiling without CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS right now.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben


Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.

About the PERF_EVENTS, I dont think that disabling it in the long run is the best operation as perf is a very powerful and useful tool.


Regards,

Jean Weisbuch
System and Network Administrator | Predictys | www.predictys.fr

Le 16/05/2013 10:50, Ben Green a écrit :
Quoting Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz@pawlowicz.name>:


do we need PERF_EVENTS in the kernel at all? i would recon to remove it.

s.

I'm re-compiling without CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS right now.

Cheers,
Ben