netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] decnet: Move to staging

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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:31:31 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] decnet: Move to staging

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:51:53 +0000
Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:

> Recent review has revealed several bugs in obscure protocol
> implementations that can be exploited by local users for denial of
> service or privilege escalation.
> 
> The decnet protocol (PF_DECnet) is unmaintained.  Since 2.6.12-rc2 the
> only changes appear to be adjustments for net API changes and fixes
> for bugs found by inspection.
> 
> This protocol generally should not be enabled by distributions, since
> the cost of a security flaw affecting all installed systems presumably
> outweighs the benefit to the few (if any) legitimate users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

NAK there are still users and stuff does get fixed.
If you don't like it then disable it from config.



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