Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:17:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:17:09 -0500 Received: from havoc.daloft.com ([64.213.145.173]:45467 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:16:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:27:09 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Tomas Szepe Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 Message-ID: <20030317182709.GA27116@gtf.org> References: <200303171604.h2HG4Zc30291@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1047923841.1600.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20030317182040.GA2145@louise.pinerecords.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030317182040.GA2145@louise.pinerecords.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 930 Lines: 29 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/