Re: [PATCH 0/8] SECURITY ISSUE with connector

From: Evgeniy Polyakov
Date: Sun Oct 04 2009 - 06:26:16 EST


On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Philipp Reisner (philipp.reisner@xxxxxxxxxx) 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.

How expressive! :)

> 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.

I ack those changes either since they do not affect logic of the user.

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Evgeniy Polyakov
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