On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote: > Affected: All code that uses connector, in kernel and out of mainline > > The connector, as it is today, does not allow the in kernel receiving > parts to do any checks on privileges of a message's sender. So, assume I know nothing about the connector architecture, what does this mean in a security context? > I know, there are not many out there that like connector, but as > long as it is in the kernel, we have to fix the security issues it has! And what specifically are the security issues? > Please either drop connector, or someone who feels a bit responsible > and has our beloved dictator's blessing, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take > this into your tree, and send the pull request to Linus. > > Patches 1 to 4 are already Acked-by Evgeny, the connector's maintainer. > Patches 5 to 7 are the obvious fixes to the connector user's code. Obvious in what way? thanks, greg k-h -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
