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SubjectRe: Linux 2.4.28-rc1
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:52:22PM -0700, Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> 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...

Hi Barry,

I think this should be applied as well. The next
-pre makes me more comfortable.

Jason, Alan?
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