netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x25: Move to staging

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Message-ID: <20101122203155.27534f3b@nehalam>
Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:31:55 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>,
	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>,
	linux-x25@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x25: Move to staging

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:55:28 +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 x25 protocol (PF_X25) receives only 'odd fixes'.  There appear to
> be no published applications for it, and it has never progressed
> beyond 'experimental' status.
> 
> 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>
> ---
> I'm somewhat less sure about this one; maybe it's improving?  But there
> is little enough sign of any usefulness after 10 years.
> 
> There are several X25 dependencies that presumably should be moved too.

No. If you don't like it then don't enable it.
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