Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:24:50 +0400 | From | Evgeniy Polyakov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/8] SECURITY ISSUE with connector |
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On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Philipp Reisner (philipp.reisner@linbit.com) wrote: > Affected: All code that uses connector, in kernel and out of mainline > > The connector, as it is today, does not allow the in kernel receiving > parts to do any checks on privileges of a message's sender. > > I know, there are not many out there that like connector, but as > long as it is in the kernel, we have to fix the security issues it has! > > Please either drop connector, or someone who feels a bit responsible > and has our beloved dictator's blessing, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take > this into your tree, and send the pull request to Linus.
How expressive! :)
> Patches 1 to 4 are already Acked-by Evgeny, the connector's maintainer. > Patches 5 to 7 are the obvious fixes to the connector user's code.
I ack those changes either since they do not affect logic of the user.
-- Evgeniy Polyakov
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