From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: [PATCH 2/3] econet: Move to staging Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:52:28 +0000 Message-ID: <1290484348.6770.1329.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: netdev , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Debian kernel maintainers To: David Miller , Greg Kroah-Hartman Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:39737 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751316Ab0KWDwc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:52:32 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Recent review has revealed several bugs in obscure protocol implementations that can be exploited by local users for denial of service or privilege escalation. The econet protocol (PF_ECONET) is unmaintained. There appear to be no published applications for it, and it has never progressed beyond 'experimental' status. This protocol generally should not be enabled by distributions, since the cost of a security flaw affecting all installed systems presumably outweighs the benefit to the few (if any) legitimate users. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++ net/Kconfig | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig index dd94cb2..a9dd984 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig @@ -177,5 +177,7 @@ source "drivers/staging/speakup/Kconfig" source "net/decnet/Kconfig" +source "net/econet/Kconfig" + endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD endif # STAGING diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 9e4fc29..059c9f1 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ source "net/ipx/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig" source "net/x25/Kconfig" source "net/lapb/Kconfig" -source "net/econet/Kconfig" source "net/wanrouter/Kconfig" source "net/phonet/Kconfig" source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig" -- 1.7.2.3