Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:52:22 -0700
From: "Barry K. Nathan" <barryn@pobox.com>
To: "O.Sezer" <sezeroz@ttnet.net.tr>, jbaron@redhat.com,
       alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.28-rc1
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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...

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>

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