Re: PATCH] filter: fix sk_filter rcu handling

Eric Dumazet
2010-12-05T21:28:42Z

Le dimanche 05 décembre 2010 à 22:08 +0100, Andi Kleen a écrit :
> > While working on this, I found an annoying problem with current code.
> >
> > This patch is a stable candidate.
>
> Does this actually fix a real world problem someone is experiencing?
> "Theoretical races" are normally outside stable's scope.
>
> -Andi

I guess its a security problem.

We can probably write a program, run by unpriviledge user to crash the
machine.

I am not sure I want to spend time to write this program, I have other
more interesting topics, but some hackers probably want to.

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