Re: [34/44] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.

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Le mardi 07 dÃcembre 2010 Ã 20:16 -0800, Greg KH a Ãcrit :
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 05:22:34PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > [ Problem was fixed differently upstream. -DaveM ]
> > 
> > Gaah. I'd really like to see more of a description for things like
> > this. A commit ID for the alternate fix, or at least a few words about
> > the different fix or reason why upstream doesn't need the stable
> > commit.
> 
> I'll let David confirm this, he's the one who sent it to me :)

upstream uses commit 8d987e5c7510 (net: avoid limits overflow)

This commit is a bit more untrusive for stable kernels :

It depends on :
a9febbb4bd13 (sysctl: min/max bounds are optional)
27b3d80a7b6a (sysctl: fix min/max handling in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax())




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