From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753779Ab0INWgG (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:36:06 -0400 Received: from r00tworld.com ([212.85.137.21]:38182 "EHLO r00tworld.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751712Ab0INWgF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:36:05 -0400 From: pageexec@freemail.hu To: Roland McGrath Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:35:07 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size Reply-to: pageexec@freemail.hu CC: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, oss-security@lists.openwall.com, Solar Designer , Kees Cook , Al Viro , Oleg Nesterov , KOSAKI Motohiro , Neil Horman , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Brad Spengler , Eugene Teo Message-ID: <4C8FF89B.24404.153DFD7D@pageexec.freemail.hu> In-reply-to: <20100914193331.DB434403E8@magilla.sf.frob.com> References: <20100827220258.GF4703@outflux.net>, >, <20100914193331.DB434403E8@magilla.sf.frob.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.52) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.12 (r00tworld.com [212.85.137.21]); Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:34:58 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 14 Sep 2010 at 12:33, Roland McGrath wrote: > I have no special interest in this area. I gave my opinions and > advice because I was CC'd, and then submitted some patches myself > because I was asked to. I can't really keep track of all the > formalities. The CC list on my submissions represented the set > of people I knew to be involved in the discussion. I'm sorry if > you felt slighted. I just pay attention to the code, not the > personalities. i was referring to Brad, since he reported this (and the wireless heap infoleak which he also wasn't credited for). anyway, we won't be submitting any further vulnerability reports, so no need to worry about any 'formalities' in the future. > The most reliable way to make sure your name is > associated with a change is to submit patches yourself in a form > that Linus wants to merge. his conditions are unacceptable and therefore it's not going to happen. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pageexec-Y8qEzhMunLyT9ig0jae3mg@public.gmane.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:35:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4C8FF89B.24404.153DFD7D@pageexec.freemail.hu> References: <20100827220258.GF4703@outflux.net>, >, <20100914193331.DB434403E8@magilla.sf.frob.com> Reply-To: oss-security-ZwoEplunGu1jrUoiu81ncdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, oss-security-ZwoEplunGu1jrUoiu81ncdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, Solar Designer , Kees Cook , Al Viro , Oleg Nesterov , KOSAKI Motohiro , Neil Horman , linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Brad Spengler , Eugene Teo To: Roland McGrath Return-path: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Reply-to: pageexec-Y8qEzhMunLyT9ig0jae3mg@public.gmane.org In-reply-to: <20100914193331.DB434403E8-nL1rrgvulkc2UH6IwYuUx0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org> Content-description: Mail message body List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On 14 Sep 2010 at 12:33, Roland McGrath wrote: > I have no special interest in this area. I gave my opinions and > advice because I was CC'd, and then submitted some patches myself > because I was asked to. I can't really keep track of all the > formalities. The CC list on my submissions represented the set > of people I knew to be involved in the discussion. I'm sorry if > you felt slighted. I just pay attention to the code, not the > personalities. i was referring to Brad, since he reported this (and the wireless heap infoleak which he also wasn't credited for). anyway, we won't be submitting any further vulnerability reports, so no need to worry about any 'formalities' in the future. > The most reliable way to make sure your name is > associated with a change is to submit patches yourself in a form > that Linus wants to merge. his conditions are unacceptable and therefore it's not going to happen.