Re: [security] Big problem on 2.0.x? (fwd)

David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:24:48 +0100 (MET)


On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Yep. This one really should be addressed. I think Solar Designer has a
> > fix for this one, though.
>
> And for the CLONE_PID btw.

Ahhh. Nice.

> > > >o Very occasional NFS crashes with "evil packet..."
> > > Hmm "evil packet" is a bit too much generic in order to fix this ;)).
> >
> > I can only agree. But the mail with the bug-report wasn't very exact.
> > I can send a copy to you if you like...
>
> I used to have 30 or 40 identical evil packet reports too.

All of them equally non-specific?! Ouch...

> > But there are lot of people (mainly companies) that either won't update
> > until they have finished evaluating v2.2.xx (somewhere around when we
> > release v2.4.5 and v2.2.25 or so...), and others that have custom-made
> > drivers that haven't been forward ported to v2.2.xx yet.
>
> Yep. Minimise changes though.

Sure.

/David
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