On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:32:50 -0400 "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> > To: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH 3/4] ext2: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:32:50 -0400 > X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.6.1.205.ge2c7.dirty > > Note: some people thinks this represents a security bug, since it > might make the system go away while it is printing a large number of > console messages, especially if a serial console is involved. Hence, > it has been assigned CVE-2008-3528, but it requires that the attacker > either has physical access to your machine to insert a USB disk with a > corrupted filesystem image (at which point why not just hit the power > button), or is otherwise able to convince the system administrator to > mount an arbitrary filesystem image (at which point why not just > include a setuid shell or world-writable hard disk device file or some > such). Me, I think they're just being silly. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx> This patch was purportedly authored by yourself, but I'm going to assume that it was authored by Eric. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
