Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:01:37 -0200 | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.28-rc1 |
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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.
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