From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] SECURITY ISSUE with connector Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:58:59 -0700 Message-ID: <20091002135859.GA9383@kroah.com> References: <1254487211-11810-1-git-send-email-philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" , dm-devel@redhat.com, Evgeniy Polyakov , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Philipp Reisner Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:54255 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752153AbZJBN7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:59:32 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1254487211-11810-1-git-send-email-philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote: > Affected: All code that uses connector, in kernel and out of mainline > > The connector, as it is today, does not allow the in kernel receiving > parts to do any checks on privileges of a message's sender. So, assume I know nothing about the connector architecture, what does this mean in a security context? > I know, there are not many out there that like connector, but as > long as it is in the kernel, we have to fix the security issues it has! And what specifically are the security issues? > Please either drop connector, or someone who feels a bit responsible > and has our beloved dictator's blessing, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take > this into your tree, and send the pull request to Linus. > > Patches 1 to 4 are already Acked-by Evgeny, the connector's maintainer. > Patches 5 to 7 are the obvious fixes to the connector user's code. Obvious in what way? thanks, greg k-h