Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:38:12 +0200 | From | Willy TARREAU <> | Subject | [2.4 hotfix] Linux-2.4.31-hf2, Linux-2.4.30-hf5, Linux-2.4.29-hf12 |
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Hi,
Here is a new 2.4 hotfix. Nothing alarming, though.
I reverted the netlink socket hashing bug fix that I took from Davem's tree and introduced in 2.4.31-hf1 because Marcelo informed me that Davem says it's broken and a better fix is needed.
It was also a right moment to merge Julien Tinnes' NULL dereference patches for serial drivers. Strictly speaking, those missing checks do not seem immediately exploitable, but a more complete audit of the callers would be necessary to prove that. And it is clearly possible that external patches expect those functions to do the check themselves.
Older kernels 2.4.29 and 2.4.30 are still maintained because they're still downloaded (for reference, 2.4.29-hf11=10%, 2.4.30-hf4=6%, 2.4.31-hf1=84%).
Please find the changelog appended to this mail. Incremental patches and tarballs for 2.4.29-hf12, 2.4.30-hf5 and 2.4.31-hf2 are available from the usual place :
http://linux.exosec.net/kernel/2.4-hf/
I've only built 2.4.31-hf2 with all modules enabled to ensure that patches were correct. Grant Coady regularly builds, and runs recent updates and reports results here :
http://scatter.mine.nu/linux-2.4-hotfix/
Regards, Willy
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Changelog From 2.4.31-hf1 to 2.4.31-hf2 (semi-automated) --------------------------------------- '+' = added ; '-' = removed
- 2.4.31-sparc64-solaris-emu-check-cmsg-len-1 (David S. Miller)
David told Marcelo this patch was not correct and that a better fix will follow later.
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-cyclades-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/cyclades.c
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-esp-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/esp.c
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-isicom-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/isicom.c
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-mxser-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/mxser.c
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-riscom8-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/riscom8.c
+ 2.4.31-null-deref-specialix-1 (Julien Tinnes)
Fix two potential NULL dereferences in drivers/char/specialix.c
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