Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:53:14 -0800 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH] vmsplice exploit fix (was: splice: fix user pointer access in get_iovec_page_array) |
On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:29:50PM -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Kudos to all involved in the rapid response. But.
>
> Information on patching this vulnerability is not available front and
> center in many of the places you would expect: kernel.org front page,
> debian.org front page, covered on planet.debian.org but without a
> pointer to the patch, and so on. So this post provides a subject line
> for Google to find, and for good measure mentions the word
> vulnerability.
All currently active Linux kernel versions are now released with a fix
for this problem. We have released them through our normal channels,
with the needed information as to what the problem is, a pointer to the
CVE number, and the patch itself.
I don't think there's much more we need to do here, do you?
thanks,
greg k-h
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