linux-kernel - Re: Request to backport "sysctl: fix proc_dobool() usability" to stable kernels

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Date:   Sat, 4 Mar 2023 21:51:49 -0500
From:   Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Request to backport "sysctl: fix proc_dobool() usability" to
 stable kernels

On Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 02:18:11AM +0000, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
>This ioctl is used for the copy-and-paste functionality of the
>screenreader "fenrir".
>( https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir )
>
>Reported-by: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@...il.com>
>Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZAOi9hDBTYqoAZuI@hotmail.com/

I believe this will also cause some loss of functionality in brltty as
well:

https://brltty.app

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