From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@gmail.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>,
linux-x25@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x25: Move to staging
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:31:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101122203155.27534f3b@nehalam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1290484528.6770.1336.camel@localhost>
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:55:28 +0000
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> 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 <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> ---
> 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.
No. If you don't like it then don't enable it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-23 4:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-23 3:55 [PATCH 3/3] x25: Move to staging Ben Hutchings
2010-11-23 4:31 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2010-11-23 5:05 ` Andrew Hendry
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