Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 May 2006 12:50:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | Daniel Barkalow <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.16.16 |
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On Thu, 11 May 2006, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Hello Chris, > > Thursday, May 11, 2006, 4:25:47 AM, you wrote: > > Trond Myklebust: > > fs/locks.c: Fix lease_init (CVE-2006-1860) > I want to say that I like the quick stable cycle. People like to see > fixes. Big thanks! > > However... > I must say that usually I know if I need the the update, > eg. I do not care for SCTP that much so I could skip that update. > > But this one looks important, something that every kernel build > has in its code path, however I am unable to say if I need it badly > or maybe not.
It looks from the commit that it is a user-triggerable lockup and memory leak. Perhaps the posting of the patch should include the comments?
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