linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] viafb security fix

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Message-ID: <4C922A55.3050002@gmx.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:31:49 +0200
From:	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
CC:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] viafb security fix

Jonathan Corbet schrieb:
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:20:10 +0200
> Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de> wrote:
> 
>> It contains a single patch to initialize the memory before it is copied to 
>> userspace. As this issue could be a security flaw it would be good to have this 
>> patch in the next release.
> 
> This one seems worth directing toward the stable tree as well.

True, the author did CC stable@...nel.org so I guess it should be okay.
Sorry for not making that clear in the patch itself.


Thanks,

Florian Tobias Schandinat

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