From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262451AbVAJUHX (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:07:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262471AbVAJTrZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:47:25 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:8909 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262451AbVAJTcy (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:32:54 -0500 Subject: Re: uselib() & 2.6.X? From: Alan Cox To: Frank Steiner Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <41E23E26.50403@bio.ifi.lmu.de> References: <20050107170712.GK29176@logos.cnet> <1105136446.7628.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050107221255.GA8749@logos.cnet> <20050108182841.GD2701@logos.cnet> <20050109110630.GA9144@logos.cnet> <41E23E26.50403@bio.ifi.lmu.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1105380726.12004.79.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:28:22 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2005-01-10 at 08:34, Frank Steiner wrote: > Hi, > > sorry, if this is a stupid question, but I now got lost in your discussion: > > Is Linus patch at http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@1.2247.2.4 > enough to close the security hole, or do we need more (or wait a little > longer)? If you want a patch right now grab the -ac patches (they also fix a pile of other less holes found including the grsecurity ones). The -ac version of the fix should be complete but it won't be the final one in the master tree (I get to nail holes shut Linus has to do the right engineering for the long term 8))