From: mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Rootkit queston
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:36:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xisl0un4o.fsf@kth.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.53.0312011649060.4785@chaos
"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
>> They seem to have PID 0, is this normal?
>
> Yes. These are kernel threads.
That doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility of them being evil.
If someone has taken control of the system, he could have loaded some
module that started a thread disguising itself under a common name.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-01 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-01 21:11 [OT] Rootkit queston Markus Hästbacka
2003-12-01 22:19 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-01 23:36 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2003-12-01 23:47 ` Mike Fedyk
2003-12-01 22:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-12-05 17:29 ` dean gaudet
2003-12-02 21:24 Albert Cahalan
2003-12-06 13:45 Samium Gromoff
2003-12-06 15:01 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-06 15:10 ` Doug McNaught
2003-12-06 15:07 ` Christian
2003-12-08 13:49 ` Richard B. Johnson
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