Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:52:22 -0700 | From | "Barry K. Nathan" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.28-rc1 |
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 05:02:44PM +0300, O.Sezer wrote: > There are many lost/forgotten patches posted here on lkml. Since 2.4.28 > is near and 2.4 is going into "deep maintainance" mode soon, I gathered > a short list of some of them. There, sure, are many more of them, but > here it goes. > I think they deserve a re-review and re-consideration for inclusion. [snip]
Here's another one: Jason Baron: 2.4.28-pre3 tty/ldisc fixes http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109604869516678&w=2
AFAICT the above patch is the fix for: CAN-2004-0814: Linux terminal layer races http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109837405025108&w=2
This patch seems to be working fine for me, but I don't know if anyone else has really tested it at all, nor do I know (one way or the other) if the security issues are serious enough to apply this for 2.4.28-rc and not 2.4.29-pre. Also, I'm running on a single-processor system with no HyperThreading, so if there are any SMP-related issues then I have no way of experiencing them.
Anyway, since it's a security fix (unless I'm mistaken), I guess it's worth considering for inclusion...
-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
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