linux-ext4 - [Bug 201685] ext4 file system corruption

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:59:04 +0000
From:   bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 201685] ext4 file system corruption

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685

--- Comment #137 from Marc Burkhardt (marc@...nowledge.org) ---
(In reply to jaapbuurman from comment #135)
> Doesn't the Linux kernel team have any procedures in place for when such a
> critical bug is found? There are many people running this "stable" 4.19
> branch, many of whom are unaware of this bug. Shouldn't the stable branch be
> rolled back to the last known good version? Going back to 4.18 is certainly
> a better option, but people unaware of this bug might still be running 4.19.

That would mean depublishing of the 4.19 release as a whole as nobody knows
_what_ exactly to roll back. And if one would know, they would fix the bug
instead.

I cannot remember such a scenario/bug in the past...

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are watching the assignee of the bug.