linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] ext2: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption

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Message-Id: <20080917122556.bfe2ec7d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:56 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....EDU, sandeen@...hat.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, eugeneteo@...nel.sg
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ext2: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory
 corruption

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:32:50 -0400
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU> wrote:

> From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU>
> To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...nel.sg>
> Subject: [PATCH 3/4] ext2: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption
> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:32:50 -0400
> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.6.1.205.ge2c7.dirty
> 
> Note: some people thinks this represents a security bug, since it
> might make the system go away while it is printing a large number of
> console messages, especially if a serial console is involved.  Hence,
> it has been assigned CVE-2008-3528, but it requires that the attacker
> either has physical access to your machine to insert a USB disk with a
> corrupted filesystem image (at which point why not just hit the power
> button), or is otherwise able to convince the system administrator to
> mount an arbitrary filesystem image (at which point why not just
> include a setuid shell or world-writable hard disk device file or some
> such).  Me, I think they're just being silly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...nel.sg>

This patch was purportedly authored by yourself, but I'm going to
assume that it was authored by Eric.

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