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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:09:29 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] splice: missing user pointer access verification
	(CVE-2008-0009/10)
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:54PM +0100, Oliver Pinter wrote:
> greg it's for .22 or the splice is changed between .22 and .23?

splice changed for .23 and this only affects .23 and older kernels, so
.22 and older kernels do not have issues.

thanks,

greg k-h