Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:42:03 +0300 (MSK) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: "Cai, Quanqing" <caiquanqing@gmail.com> Cc: Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru>, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/67919: Why nobody take serious to fix this bug? Message-ID: <20051031144056.A92356@mp2.macomnet.net> In-Reply-To: <2b22951e0510302128q571a3c1se111262e88ae19bb@mail.gmail.com> References: <2b22951e0510302128q571a3c1se111262e88ae19bb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, 21:28-0800, Cai, Quanqing wrote: > Today I happened to read this message on freebsd-stable: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-October/019086.html > > After I read all messages and related links, I feel so frustrating, > why nobody take serious to fix this bug even we have a patch for it? > I can repeat this bug on 7.0-CURRENT and 6.0-RC1 easily as a normal > user! System goes no response so I have to power cycle it. The patch > made by Uwe Doering actually works well. This bug looks like a > security hole to me:( If you guys don't like this patch, please give > out a reason and come out a better patch or solution. I was told the patch is incorrect. It works in certain cases but incorrect in general. -- Maxim Konovalov
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