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From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
To: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>,
	NFSv3 list <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RFC: Is SM_SIMU_CRASH (in rpc.statd) needed?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:34:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C20CA12.2070002@oracle.com> (raw)

> Does anybody know who uses SM_SIMU_CRASH and is it
> still needed? I'm getting some push back from our
> security folks to plug this DoS hole up...

How is it a DoS?  statd ignores any SM_SIMU_CRASH from a non-loopback 
address that does not use a privileged port.  To invoke it, you 
basically have to be a privileged local user.

Right now, no one uses it, but I think we should reserve the right to 
use it in the future.  This could be part of a more robust interface 
between lockd and statd.

-- 
Chuck Lever

             reply	other threads:[~2010-06-22 14:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-22 14:34 Chuck Lever [this message]
2010-06-22 16:33 ` RFC: Is SM_SIMU_CRASH (in rpc.statd) needed? Steve Dickson
     [not found]   ` <4C20E5D7.80908-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-22 16:58     ` Chuck Lever
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-06-22 10:03 Steve Dickson

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