From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756202Ab0ITRrK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:47:10 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:52268 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756117Ab0ITRrJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:47:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:45:06 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Roland McGrath , Ben Hawkes Subject: Re: planned 2.6.35.x -stable release for critical x86-64 vulnerabilities ? Message-ID: <20100920174506.GB27303@suse.de> References: <20100920165320.GA28380@Krystal> <20100920172319.GA8526@suse.de> <20100920173840.GA30241@Krystal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100920173840.GA30241@Krystal> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 01:38:41PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * Greg KH (gregkh@suse.de) wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:53:20PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > Sorry to have to ask this, but I was wondering about the ETA for the next round > > > of -stable releases including fixes for the following bugs that seems to be > > > actively exploited in the wild > > > (http://blog.iweb.com/en/2010/09/64bits-linux-important-security-vulnerability-identified/5437.html > > > http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9574): > > > > > > CVE-2010-3081 (fixed by upstream > > > commit c41d68a513c71e35a14f66d71782d27a79a81ea6) > > > "compat: Make compat_alloc_user_space() incorporate the access_ok()" > > > > > > and > > > CVE-2010-3301 (fixed by upstream > > > commit 36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de > > > "x86-64, compat: Test %rax for the syscall number, not %eax" > > > and > > > commit > > > commit eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac > > > "x86-64, compat: Retruncate rax after ia32 syscall entry tracing") > > > > > > I'd like to rebase the LTTng tree on top of -stable as soon as it incorporates > > > these fixes. I could just pull the fixes in my own tree, but this would be > > > duplicated effort. > > > > > > Again, sorry for the hassle, but I feel these bugs require immediate attention. > > > > Does NOBODY frickin read my -rc stable announcements? This is only the > > 8th email today that I've gotten about this issue. > > > > {sigh} > > > > I don't know why I even bother at times... > > > > Sorry, I don't mean to take it out on you, but please people, at least > > do some basic searching. Like look at the -stable queue git tree which > > shows that a -rc has been released and is under review, or look at the > > lkml traffic, or, subscribe to the stable-review mailing list or look at > > its archives. > > I did look at the stable-queue.git tree, and did not find anything about 2.6.35. > The tree only specify "start .27/.32 review cycle". Nothing about .35. This is > why I thought it was appropriate to email you about 2.6.35.x. Ah, sorry, I forgot to move the .35 tree in the queue quilt series, my mistake. It's now done and pushed out. thanks, greg k-h