linux-kernel - Re: CVE-2009-2584

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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:19:43 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@...il.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: CVE-2009-2584

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Michael Buesch wrote:
> 
> Looks OK to me. I can't test it however, as I don't own the hardware.

Heh. Even the people who wanted to write exploit examples had the same 
small problem. I doubt it really matters for anybody.

I'm committing it, just because I don't think it can really be any worse 
than the status quo. But I'll happily take further patches, especially 
from anybody who actually has access to the hardware.

		Linus
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