From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x25: Move to staging Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:55:28 +0000 Message-ID: <1290484528.6770.1336.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 , linux-x25@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Hendry , David Miller , Greg Kroah-Hartman Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:39750 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751017Ab0KWDzh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:55:37 -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 x25 protocol (PF_X25) receives only 'odd fixes'. 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 --- I'm somewhat less sure about this one; maybe it's improving? But there is little enough sign of any usefulness after 10 years. There are several X25 dependencies that presumably should be moved too. Ben. 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 a9dd984..1347242 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig @@ -179,5 +179,7 @@ source "net/decnet/Kconfig" source "net/econet/Kconfig" +source "net/x25/Kconfig" + endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD endif # STAGING diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 059c9f1..1d396ba 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ source "net/8021q/Kconfig" source "net/llc/Kconfig" source "net/ipx/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig" -source "net/x25/Kconfig" source "net/lapb/Kconfig" source "net/wanrouter/Kconfig" source "net/phonet/Kconfig" -- 1.7.2.3