linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmsplice exploit fix (was: splice: fix user pointer access in get_iovec_page

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:49:44 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Daniel Phillips" <phillips@...nq.net>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bastian@...di.eu.org, ndenev@...il.com,
	oliver.pntr@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmsplice exploit fix (was: splice: fix user pointer access in get_iovec_page_array)

Hi Daniel,

On Feb 11, 2008 9:29 AM, Daniel Phillips <phillips@...nq.net> wrote:
> I think many users would first go to kernel.org on a day like today, as
> I did.  Nothing to see there.  We could do a way better job of getting
> the word out.

Any suggestions what I could have done better here? As soon as Linus
merged the patch, I sent it to stable@...nel.org and expected
information to spread from there. I did also follow up on some vendor
bugzillas (Debian, RHEL, Fedora) to make sure they were aware of the
merged patch (they were).

                                    Pekka
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