netdev - Re: CVE-2009-4537

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Message-ID: <20100329005046.GA2157@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:50:46 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	michael.s.gilbert@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CVE-2009-4537

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:36:00AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:34:07 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > From: Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@...il.com>
> > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:21:00 -0400
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> CVE-2009-4537 has been disclosed without any upstream activity for a
> >> while now. Discussion about the issue dried up in January [0], and a
> >> patch had been proposed [1], but no arguments were seen either for or
> >> against it. Note that redhat has already shipped that in their various
> >> kernel security updates.  Would it make sense to merge those changes
> >> officially?
> > 
> > A different version of the fix went into the tree.
> 
> Ignore me, that was a fix for a different problem.
> 
> I was waiting for Francois to come up with a cleaner fix
> but he stopped working on it, so yes I should put in
> the fix you mention or something similar.
> 
> Neil, can you formally submit a version of the r8169
> CVE for upstream?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
Absolutley, I'll review the CVE text and my origional patch tomorrow morning,
and submit the official patch tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks!
Neil

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