From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] information leak in sigaltstack
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:37:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A73641C.7070404@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0907311428370.3304@localhost.localdomain>
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> if (alignof(oss.ss_flags) != alignof(oss))
> memset(&oss, 0, sizeof(oss));
>
> instead? That would seem to be less subtle, and more to-the-point.
I was just composing a reply with basically this. So you'll apply this
and don't wait for me to send a new version of the patch, right?
- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-31 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-31 19:48 [PATCH] information leak in sigaltstack Ulrich Drepper
2009-07-31 21:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-07-31 21:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-07-31 21:37 ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2009-08-01 0:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-08-01 7:22 ` Jakub Jelinek
2009-08-01 16:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-08-01 17:52 ` Linus Torvalds
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