Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946124AbWBDXUQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:20:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946146AbWBDXUQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:20:16 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:43791 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946124AbWBDXUO (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:20:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 23:20:06 +0000 From: Russell King To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Glen Turner , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 8250 serial console fixes -- issue Message-ID: <20060204232005.GC24887@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Krzysztof Halasa , Glen Turner , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1138844838.5557.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43E2B8D6.1070707@aarnet.edu.au> <20060203094042.GB30738@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <43E36850.5030900@aarnet.edu.au> <20060203160218.GA27452@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060203221346.GA10700@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1192 Lines: 27 On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 05:08:10PM +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Russell King writes: > > > Stop throwing FUD into this issue. The original claim was that a > > non-root user could send arbitary strings via the console system. > > This was an independent claim from the other issues. > > That is clearly another thing and would probably need to be > demonstrated. Anyway, the AT* problem[1] doesn't require a user > action and the fix proposed (if correct) would fix the real AT* > problem instead. The problem being discussed in this sub-thread was explicitly related to just one case - where a _non root_ user may inject AT command sequences. Your response in that thread was throwing up random other issues, and in that respect it's just adding confusion to the specific issue being discussed. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/