Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:51:10 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: Stanislaw Halik <weirdo@tehran.lain.pl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Easy DoS Message-ID: <20051218125110.GC860@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <a78074950512180430y1908dd95jf201c4ab7dbaeb64@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051216133448.GA10382@beastie.creo.hu> <20051216151016.GE84442@deviant.zoral.local> <a78074950512161033r58ca7c87ycfb97e0b38d64756@mail.gmail.com> <20051218084541.GA54909@tehran.lain.pl> <20051218105421.GB860@zaphod.nitro.dk> <a78074950512180430y1908dd95jf201c4ab7dbaeb64@mail.gmail.com>
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--DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.12.18 20:30:31 +0800, Xin LI wrote: > Hi, Simon, >=20 > On 12/18/05, Simon L. Nielsen <simon@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On 2005.12.18 09:45:41 +0100, Stanislaw Halik wrote: > > > Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Patch looks good so I have committed it as sys/kern/sys_pipe.c,v > > > > 1.185. Thanks for the submission! > > > > > > any chances on getting a fast backport to RELENG_6_0? > > > > For that to happen it need to be in RELENG_6 for a while to make sure > > nothing is broken by the change and then an Errata Notice has to be > > made for the issue. That said, it sounds like a good candidate for an > > Errata Notice. >=20 > Do we typically issue Errata Notice for local DoS in the past? I > think this is a serious problem, but not very sure whether it should > be merged back to RELENG_6_0, though. If so@ and re@ agrees I would > be happy to do some documentary work for the Errata Notice :-) I'm can't remember if we have actually done any Errata's for local DoS issues, but it has been discussed a few times between so@ and re@ and the general agreement has been that it is a good idea. I know there was at least one other local DoS issue for 6.0 that has been proposed as an Errata, but I don't know the status of it. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Deputy Security Officer --DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDpVs+h9pcDSc1mlERAjJJAJ9XVS1sBo4gCF6u4b27VqrM3I9RhgCfeRXx pwKbqsP+LEcjDYvVIxObjGk= =xAXE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi--
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