Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:27:09 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 |
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 07:20:40PM +0100, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > [arjanv@redhat.com] > > > > I've attached a patch against 2.4.21pre5. > > So what happens now? > > Is this critical enough for 2.4.21 to go out? Or can it wait like > some other fairly serious stuff such as the ext3 fixes? What about > the current state of IDE? > > Would it make sense to repackage 2.4.20 into something like 2.4.20-p1 > or 2.4.20.1 with only the critical stuff applied?
There shouldn't be a huge need to rush 2.4.21 as-is, really. If you want an immediate update, get the fix from your vendor.
Plus, it's a local root hole, and there are still tons of those left out there to squash.
Jeff
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