linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sunrpc: fix oops in rpc_create() when the mount namespace is unshared

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:	Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:09:28 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sunrpc: fix oops in rpc_create() when the mount namespace is unshared

"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> writes:

> Thanks, Cedric.  Eric is probably right about the long-term fix, but
> yeah it might take a while to properly wade through the sunrpc and nfs
> layers to store the nodename at nfs mount time, and in the meantime this
> fixes a real oops.

A very esoteric oops that hasn't shown up for two years.
Please let's look at this and see what it would take to fix this
properly.

What are we trying to achieve by reading utsname?

Eric

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/