Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:30:14 GMT From: Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/67919: Why nobody take serious to fix this bug? Message-ID: <200510311330.j9VDUENC033499@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/67919; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru>
To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
Cc: "Cai, Quanqing" <caiquanqing@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org,
bug-followup@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>,
Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org>
Subject: Re: kern/67919: Why nobody take serious to fix this bug?
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:26:56 +0300 (MSK)
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, 21:28-0800, Cai, Quanqing wrote:
>
>> Today I happened to read this message on freebsd-stable:
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-October/019086.html
>>
>> After I read all messages and related links, I feel so frustrating,
>> why nobody take serious to fix this bug even we have a patch for it?
>> I can repeat this bug on 7.0-CURRENT and 6.0-RC1 easily as a normal
>> user! System goes no response so I have to power cycle it. The patch
>> made by Uwe Doering actually works well. This bug looks like a
>> security hole to me:( If you guys don't like this patch, please give
>> out a reason and come out a better patch or solution.
>
> I was told the patch is incorrect. It works in certain cases but
> incorrect in general.
Why is it incorrect ? I'm using it for year.
Igor Sysoev
http://sysoev.ru/en/
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