linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipc: explicitly clear stack memory in user structs

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Message-ID: <20101109234852.GC5876@outflux.net>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:48:52 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc: explicitly clear stack memory in user structs

Hi Linus,

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 02:46:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com> wrote:
> > No one has committed it. I don't know why; I've sent it a few times now.
> 
> You seem to have sent it just to lkml. At least in this case the patch
> itself was not sent to me (only the subsequent replies were), and the
> choice of recipients was fairly odd apart from Andrew (who probably
> _is_ the right person).

I've been avoiding sending minor security issues like this directly to you
or security@...nel.org since that probably should be a high-priority
channel.

> 
> I don't quite see where you got the particular collection of people from.

I used scripts/get_maintainer.pl

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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