Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161144AbWJDOfH (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:35:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161145AbWJDOfH (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:35:07 -0400 Received: from smtp13.orange.fr ([193.252.22.54]:31768 "EHLO smtp-msa-out13.orange.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161144AbWJDOfF (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:35:05 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20061004143504280.446ED70000A3@mwinf1301.orange.fr Subject: Re: Registration Weakness in Linux Kernel's Binary formats From: Xavier Bestel To: Alan Cox Cc: Chase Venters , Julio Auto , goodfellas@shellcode.com.ar, Linux kernel , Kyle Moffett , endrazine , Stephen Hemminger , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu In-Reply-To: <1159973741.25772.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <18d709710610032108w52d69b17mfa585e40ad2ae72c@mail.gmail.com> <200610032326.10710.chase.venters@clientec.com> <1159973741.25772.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:34:38 +0200 Message-Id: <1159972478.28605.183.camel@frg-rhel40-opt-02.anacadf.mentorg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-27) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 19 On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:55 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Maw, 2006-10-03 am 23:25 -0500, ysgrifennodd Chase Venters: > > I think it's a little bit silly for a "security researcher" to simultaneously > > publish stuff in the news and in a developer community, especially if the > > threat is totally phony to begin with. > > Given the way it was carefully fed to slashdot I suspect it may in fact > be someone with brains who wanted to make slashdot look stupid and spoof > them. If so they certainly scored 10/10 on that. Brains are required to make slashdot look stupid ? - 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/