From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Paris Subject: Re: get_field_str() and interpret_field() bug with multi-word fields Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:11:42 -0400 Message-ID: <1218571902.3540.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <0E43BF2D7491F0468B56B1A5C493866B020DD0F1@SAT4MX07.RACKSPACE.CORP> <200808121516.08960.sgrubb@redhat.com> <48A1EB72.6070607@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <48A1EB72.6070607@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: John Dennis Cc: William Kelly , Bret Piatt , linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 15:58 -0400, John Dennis wrote: > So many people have complained about this; I do not understand the > resistance to fixing it. The argument it would break something which > is broken to begin with does not seem like a reasonable justification > to me. The sooner it's fixed the better IMHO. Show me the code and I'll start trying to fix the kernel based on that code as best we can. But before you start read over the article Can user-space bugs be kernel regressions? http://lwn.net/Articles/292143/ As soon as you grasp that article send me the code and we'll work together to fix this problem! -Eric