Stable kernel 2.6.11.9 was released with a fix for "Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation". All the changes are : Andrew Morton: o Remove bogus BUG() in kernel/exit.c Chris Wright: o Security contact info Greg Kroah-Hartman: o Cset exclude: khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx[gregkh]|ChangeSet|20050430010004|65088 o fix Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation o Linux 2.6.11.9 Jean Delvare: o I2C: Fix incorrect sysfs file permissions in it87 and via686a drivers Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Thank you for reporting. 2.6.11.9 is in portage, marked stable on x86 for the security fix.