Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64,sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs
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- To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] IA64,sparc: local DoS with corrupted ELFs
- From: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:37:46 -0700
- Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>, Kirill Korotaev <dev@xxxxxxxxxx>, tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fernando Vazquez <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, stable@xxxxxxxxxx, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devel@xxxxxxxxxx, xemul@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 03:11:42PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> > > > 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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