Andrew Morton wrote: > 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. It was, after some discussion w/ Ted & Andreas. Also just FWIW I'm also in the "as a security issue this is a bit silly" camp ;) Thanks, -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
