From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
Cc: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>,
Dwight Engen <dwight.engen@oracle.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
xfs@oss.sgi.com, Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>,
Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>,
Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: XFS security fix never sent to -stable?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:00:07 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131211020007.GH10988@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+5PVA7wso5fo11xX9kCUdbrqBQMzUnYwTOB_Qe3K7LDY4z_Cw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 08:10:51PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > Security processes are not something that should be hidden away in
> > it's own private corner - if there's a problem upstream needs to
> > take action on, then direct contact with upstream is necessary. We
> > need to know about security issues - even ones that are classified
> > post-commit as security issues - so we are operating with full
> > knowledge of the issues in our code and the impact of our fixes....
>
> Agreed. I'm going to interpret your comments at being directed to the
> general audience because otherwise you're just shooting the messenger
> :).
Right, they are not aimed at you - they are aimed at those on the
security side of the fence. I'm tired of learning about CVEs in XFS
code through chinese whispers and/or luck.
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
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From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
Cc: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>,
Dwight Engen <dwight.engen@oracle.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>,
Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>,
Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>, Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
xfs@oss.sgi.com,
"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: XFS security fix never sent to -stable?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:00:07 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131211020007.GH10988@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+5PVA7wso5fo11xX9kCUdbrqBQMzUnYwTOB_Qe3K7LDY4z_Cw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 08:10:51PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > Security processes are not something that should be hidden away in
> > it's own private corner - if there's a problem upstream needs to
> > take action on, then direct contact with upstream is necessary. We
> > need to know about security issues - even ones that are classified
> > post-commit as security issues - so we are operating with full
> > knowledge of the issues in our code and the impact of our fixes....
>
> Agreed. I'm going to interpret your comments at being directed to the
> general audience because otherwise you're just shooting the messenger
> :).
Right, they are not aimed at you - they are aimed at those on the
security side of the fence. I'm tired of learning about CVEs in XFS
code through chinese whispers and/or luck.
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-11 2:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-06 0:35 XFS security fix never sent to -stable? Kees Cook
2013-12-06 14:43 ` Dwight Engen
2013-12-06 15:06 ` Brian Foster
2013-12-09 12:15 ` Luis Henriques
2013-12-09 13:17 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-09 23:55 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-09 23:55 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-10 7:56 ` Greg KH
2013-12-10 7:56 ` Greg KH
2013-12-10 13:15 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-10 13:15 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-10 14:31 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-12-10 14:31 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-12-10 15:57 ` Ben Myers
2013-12-10 15:57 ` Ben Myers
2013-12-17 13:58 ` Luis Henriques
2013-12-17 13:58 ` Luis Henriques
2013-12-10 13:20 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-10 13:20 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-11 1:03 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 1:03 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 1:10 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-11 1:10 ` Josh Boyer
2013-12-11 2:00 ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2013-12-11 2:00 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 2:12 ` Greg KH
2013-12-11 2:12 ` Greg KH
2013-12-11 2:45 ` Kees Cook
2013-12-11 2:45 ` Kees Cook
2013-12-11 4:17 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 4:17 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 8:27 ` Dan Carpenter
2013-12-11 8:27 ` Dan Carpenter
2013-12-09 23:30 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-09 23:30 ` Dave Chinner
2013-12-11 2:36 ` Kees Cook
2013-12-11 2:36 ` Kees Cook
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