From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262070AbVGOXx7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:53:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262084AbVGOXx7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:53:59 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:167 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262070AbVGOXwy (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:52:54 -0400 Subject: RE: 2.6.9 chrdev_open: serial_core: uart_open From: Alan Cox To: karl malbrain Cc: Russell King , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 01:18:16 +0100 Message-Id: <1121473097.23918.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2005-07-15 at 15:02 -0700, karl malbrain wrote: > I've since answered part of my question. Red Hat pulled some code-changes > from 2.6.10 tty_io.c with the somewhat cryptic comment "fix the trivial > exploits caused by Rolands controlling tty changes (part 1)" and moved the > tty_sem ops. > > Do you know if this would be Roland at Red Hat, or a Roland at lkml? Roland at Red Hat. See the kernel list but 2.6.9 had an interesting hole where you could crash the system by playing games with setsid and threaded applications. RHEL bugs really are best in the RHEL bugzilla, or through your support contact as a customer. That ensures that the bug is processed promptly and chased up for you while bugzilla is just for bug collection. Alan