RE: chkrootkit and LKM?

From: Rob Shein <shoten(at)starpower.net>
Date: Wed Jun 18 2003 - 03:47:44 EDT

This won't help if it's an LKM...LKM stands for "Linux Kernel Module," which means that it's not those binaries that are modified. Instead, an evil kernel module has probably been loaded, which provides bogus information (as well as backdoor access), but in a totally different way. An LKM rootkit is a bit trickier to find, as standard operating procedures (known good versions of ps, netstat, etc) don't work.

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> From: Tim Greer [mailto:chatmaster@charter.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:34 PM
> To: Janus N. Tøndering; incidents@securityfocus.com
> Subject: Re: chkrootkit and LKM?
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> Get a clean install/binary of top, ps, netstat, etc. and

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Received on Wed Jun 18 11:47:24 2003