linux-kernel - Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:00:41 +0200
From:	"Gilles Espinasse" <g.esp@...e.fr>
To:	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>,
	"Tomasz Chmielewski" <mangoo@...g.org>
Cc:	"LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <jbarnold@....EDU>,
	<francois.cami@...e.fr>, "Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	<mail@...thworm.de>
Subject: Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>
To: "Tomasz Chmielewski" <mangoo@...g.org>
Cc: "LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; <jbarnold@....EDU>;
<francois.cami@...e.fr>; "Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>;
<mail@...thworm.de>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates


> On Thu 2008-04-24 16:26:44, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> > Jeff Arnold wrote:
> >
> > >I've put together an automatic system for applying
> > >kernel security patches to the Linux kernel without
> > >rebooting it, and I wanted to share this system with
> > >the community in case others find it useful or
> > >interesting.
> >
> > Hmm, the idea seem to be patented by Microsoft, i.e.
> > this patent from December 2002:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/patents?id=cVyWAAAAEBAJ&dq=hotpatching
> >
> > (and other patents by Microsoft if you search for
> > "hotpatching").
>
> ...so US will not be able to fix security holes without reboot, good.
> Perhaps they fix their stupid laws after next worm outbreak...
>
I have hot-patched on PDP-11 without reboot over the phone line many years
before Microsoft patent.
In the time of MS patent, the machines I care were no more running.

Just another stupid patent.

Gilles

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