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Date:      Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:42:03 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        "Cai, Quanqing" <caiquanqing@gmail.com>
Cc:        Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru>, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org>, bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/67919: Why nobody take serious to fix this bug?
Message-ID:  <20051031144056.A92356@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <2b22951e0510302128q571a3c1se111262e88ae19bb@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2b22951e0510302128q571a3c1se111262e88ae19bb@mail.gmail.com>

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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.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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