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throwaway2048 on Feb 16, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Linux userland rootkit with anti-debugging, ne...

openbsd does have loadable kernel modules

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lkm

LD_PRELOAD and friends are also ignored on linux for setuid/setgid binaries, otherwise privilege escalation would be trivial, just start any dynamicly linked setuid binary with LD_PRELOAD and go to town.

dmm on Feb 16, 2014 [–]

OpenBSD's kernel modules are for development only. They require a securelevel change and a reboot to enable.

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