ACK: taskstats: don't allow duplicate entries in listener mode
On 07.07.2011 13:17, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> CVE-2011-2484 > The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux > kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations > of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of > service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, > via a crafted application. > > The fix for this issue has already hit oneiric via upstream. Following > this email are two patches, one a backport for hardy, and the other a > clean cherry-pick of the upstream commit for lucid, lucid/fsl-imx51, > maverick, maverick/ti-omap4, natty, and natty/ti-omap4. > > Proposing for SRU to hardy, lucid, lucid/fsl-imx51, maverick, > maverick/ti-omap4, natty, and natty/ti-omap4. > > -apw > Backport looks like doing the same thing. Other a clean pick. Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> -- kernel-team mailing list kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team |
ACK: taskstats: don't allow duplicate entries in listener mode
On 07.07.2011 13:17, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> CVE-2011-2484 > The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux > kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations > of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of > service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, > via a crafted application. > > The fix for this issue has already hit oneiric via upstream. Following > this email are two patches, one a backport for hardy, and the other a > clean cherry-pick of the upstream commit for lucid, lucid/fsl-imx51, > maverick, maverick/ti-omap4, natty, and natty/ti-omap4. > > Proposing for SRU to hardy, lucid, lucid/fsl-imx51, maverick, > maverick/ti-omap4, natty, and natty/ti-omap4. > > -apw > Backport looks like doing the same thing. Other a clean pick. Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> -- kernel-team mailing list kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team |
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