Re: [PATCH] kernel_read result fixes

From: Andres Salomon (dilinger_at_voxel.net)
Date: 12/30/04

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    To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Date:	Thu, 30 Dec 2004 02:46:52 -0500
    
    
    

    On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 23:25 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > Andres Salomon <dilinger@voxel.net> wrote:
    > >
    > > A few potential vulnerabilities were pointed out by Katrina Tsipenyuk in
    > > <http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2004/Dec/1878.html>. I haven't
    > > seen any discussion or fixes of the issue yet, so here's a patch
    > > (against 2.6.9). The fixes are along the same lines as the previous
    > > binfmt_elf fixes. There's one additional place (inside fs/binfmt_som.c)
    > > that a fix could be applied, but since that doesn't compile anyways, I
    > > didn't see a point in patching it.
    >
    > This patch is very wrong.
    >

    Yep, I already followed up saying that. I assume you're just going
    through your inbox after vacation now; it should be there. :)

    -- 
    Andres Salomon <dilinger@voxel.net>
    
    

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