linux-ext4 - Re: [stable] [PATCH] stable - ext[234]: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption (CVE-2008-3528)

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:33:55 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	stable@...nel.org, ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] stable - ext[234]: Avoid printk floods in the
 face of directory corruption (CVE-2008-3528)

Greg KH wrote:

> Yes, the fun "physical access" issue, right?
> 
> But for some, who run Linux in a "kiosk" mode, or in semi-secured places
> like university labs, something like this would matter, so you might
> want to notify the distros of this issue through vendor-sec and let them
> make up their minds if they wish to backport the fixes to their
> supported releases.

Well, the CVE should do that, right... distro security teams should be
looking at the CVEs.

-Eric
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