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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6008] |
Wed, 06 September 2006 18:45  |
Greg KH
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:27:33PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > If MIPS and parisc don't matter for the stable tree (very possible - there
> > are no big commercial distributions for them), then dammit, neither should
> > ia64 and sparc (there are no big commercial distros for them either).
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> Erm, RHEL and SLES both support ia64.
Yes, but the -stable developers don't build for those arches, that's why
it was missed here.
So, what's the proper patch for the next -stable release to fix this
problem? I see a bunch of different ones floating around...
thanks,
greg k-h
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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6011 is a reply to message #6008] |
Wed, 06 September 2006 19:12  |
Matthew Wilcox
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:45:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:27:33PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > If MIPS and parisc don't matter for the stable tree (very possible - there
> > > are no big commercial distributions for them), then dammit, neither should
> > > ia64 and sparc (there are no big commercial distros for them either).
> >
> > Erm, RHEL and SLES both support ia64.
>
> Yes, but the -stable developers don't build for those arches, that's why
> it was missed here.
What's the easiest way to get coverage here? Sending a parisc
workstation or server to someone? Giving accounts to some/all of the
stable team? Finding someone who cares about parisc to join the stable
team?
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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6013 is a reply to message #6011] |
Wed, 06 September 2006 19:25 |
Greg KH
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:12:16PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:45:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:27:33PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > If MIPS and parisc don't matter for the stable tree (very possible - there
> > > > are no big commercial distributions for them), then dammit, neither should
> > > > ia64 and sparc (there are no big commercial distros for them either).
> > >
> > > Erm, RHEL and SLES both support ia64.
> >
> > Yes, but the -stable developers don't build for those arches, that's why
> > it was missed here.
>
> What's the easiest way to get coverage here? Sending a parisc
> workstation or server to someone? Giving accounts to some/all of the
> stable team? Finding someone who cares about parisc to join the stable
> team?
How about: Someone from that arch trying out the -stable release
canidates to make sure it doesn't break anything on their arches /
favorite machine?
And no, I really don't want a parisc machine here :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6020 is a reply to message #6013] |
Wed, 06 September 2006 20:27 |
Willy Tarreau
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:25:11PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:12:16PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:45:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:27:33PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > > If MIPS and parisc don't matter for the stable tree (very possible - there
> > > > > are no big commercial distributions for them), then dammit, neither should
> > > > > ia64 and sparc (there are no big commercial distros for them either).
> > > >
> > > > Erm, RHEL and SLES both support ia64.
> > >
> > > Yes, but the -stable developers don't build for those arches, that's why
> > > it was missed here.
> >
> > What's the easiest way to get coverage here? Sending a parisc
> > workstation or server to someone? Giving accounts to some/all of the
> > stable team? Finding someone who cares about parisc to join the stable
> > team?
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> How about: Someone from that arch trying out the -stable release
> canidates to make sure it doesn't break anything on their arches /
> favorite machine?
IMHO it's even simpler than that. You already announce release candidates
with what you intend to push into next -stable. Those who complain that
-stable breaks on them just get what they deserve. They're free to announce
the problem and even provide a patch in order to fix the problem in next
-stable ASAP, but I find it a bit easy to complain about the -stable team
that some fixes break a few rarely tested pieces of software !
I'd prefer that we get slightly more -stable releases with a few ones
potentially wrong on rare occasions, than fewer ones which get released
only once everyone agrees (ie mostly never).
> And no, I really don't want a parisc machine here :)
I have one right here serving my web pages, but I have to check that
my toolchain is still OK (I don't build on it - 32 MB, NFS root). You
don't know what you're missing :-)
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Regards,
Willy
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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6067 is a reply to message #6057] |
Thu, 07 September 2006 15:37 |
Greg KH
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On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 03:11:42PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Greg,
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> > > > Yes, but the -stable developers don't build for those arches, that's why
> > > > it was missed here.
> > >
> > > What's the easiest way to get coverage here? Sending a parisc
> > > workstation or server to someone? Giving accounts to some/all of the
> > > stable team? Finding someone who cares about parisc to join the stable
> > > team?
> >
> > How about: Someone from that arch trying out the -stable release
> > canidates to make sure it doesn't break anything on their arches /
> > favorite machine?
>
> this won't work for security hot-fixes, because you basically don't do a
> release candidate for them. We should think about this, too.
Well, short of me and Chris getting one of every arch out there (which I
don't recommend), I think we will just get by as we have been doing in
the past.
thanks,
greg k-h
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| Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64, sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs [message #6103 is a reply to message #6013] |
Fri, 08 September 2006 09:11 |
Jes Sorensen
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
Greg> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:12:16PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> What's the easiest way to get coverage here? Sending a parisc
>> workstation or server to someone? Giving accounts to some/all of
>> the stable team? Finding someone who cares about parisc to join
>> the stable team?
Greg> How about: Someone from that arch trying out the -stable release
Greg> canidates to make sure it doesn't break anything on their arches
Greg> / favorite machine?
I'll try and see if we can arrange some sort of autotest of these on
Altix, that should at least cover parts of the ia64 space.
Greg> And no, I really don't want a parisc machine here :)
What, you don't fancy 512 CPU Altix in your basement either? :)
Cheers,
Jes
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