Re: CVE-2016-7545 -- SELinux sandbox escape

[John Haxby <john.haxby () oracle com>]

On 26/09/16 17:54, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Are there any use cases for TIOCSTI other than producing exploits?

Yes.  Admitedly a long time ago, but I used to use it to run commands in
a nominated shell (window).   In some ways it was a pre-cursor to what
now tends to be done by dbus, but TIOCSTI does occasionally have uses
other than producing exploits.

jch