Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761397AbZJIWil (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:38:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759009AbZJIWik (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:38:40 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:54895 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758864AbZJIWij (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:38:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:25:05 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Philipp Reisner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" , dm-devel@redhat.com, Evgeniy Polyakov , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] SECURITY ISSUE with connector Message-ID: <20091009222505.GA28979@kroah.com> References: <1254487211-11810-1-git-send-email-philipp.reisner@linbit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1254487211-11810-1-git-send-email-philipp.reisner@linbit.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1186 Lines: 29 On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote: > Affected: All code that uses connector, in kernel and out of mainline > > The connector, as it is today, does not allow the in kernel receiving > parts to do any checks on privileges of a message's sender. > > I know, there are not many out there that like connector, but as > long as it is in the kernel, we have to fix the security issues it has! > > Please either drop connector, or someone who feels a bit responsible > and has our beloved dictator's blessing, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take > this into your tree, and send the pull request to Linus. > > Patches 1 to 4 are already Acked-by Evgeny, the connector's maintainer. > Patches 5 to 7 are the obvious fixes to the connector user's code. These don't apply to the 2.6.31-stable tree at all. Could you provide them backported to that tree if you want to see them go into a .31-stable release? thanks, greg k-h -- 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/