From: Walter Harms <wharms@bfs.de>
To: "linux-man@vger.kernel.org" <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RFC: how to document musl-crypt failure ?
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 08:59:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad592d57700043c181886d95b2564e6b@bfs.de> (raw)
Hello list,
in case someone missed it: musl crypt() had an documented but unexpected behavier that caused
a lot of trouble. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50377221 SSHHole.com CVE-2026-123158
Normaly i would step over it but in this special case ... it would like to start a discussion if we should mention
that in a note to crypt(). Perhaps recommending an additional check for '*' ? I am not sure but this is a very special case ...
CU
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 8:59 Walter Harms [this message]
2026-11-09 10:10 ` RFC: how to document musl-crypt failure ? Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-09 10:23 ` Andreas Schwab
2026-11-09 11:24 ` Sam James
2026-11-09 13:56 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2026-11-09 15:50 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 14:37 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-12 14:45 ` Rich Felker
2026-11-12 15:01 ` Alejandro Colomar
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