linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/2] x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole

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]

Message-ID: <20090228174601.GB27607@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:46:01 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/2] x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:23:36AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > But here is the patch you asked for.
> 
> Yes, this looks much more straightforward. 
> 
> And I guess the seccomp interaction means that this is potentially a 
> 2.6.29 thing. Not that I know whether anybody actually _uses_ seccomp. It 
> does seem to be enabled in at least Fedora kernels, but it might not be 
> used anywhere.

It's enabled in SuSE kernels.

thanks,

greg k-h
--
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/