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Date:      Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:30:31 +0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Stanislaw Halik <weirdo@tehran.lain.pl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Easy DoS
Message-ID:  <a78074950512180430y1908dd95jf201c4ab7dbaeb64@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051218105421.GB860@zaphod.nitro.dk>
References:  <20051216133448.GA10382@beastie.creo.hu> <20051216151016.GE84442@deviant.zoral.local> <a78074950512161033r58ca7c87ycfb97e0b38d64756@mail.gmail.com> <20051218084541.GA54909@tehran.lain.pl> <20051218105421.GB860@zaphod.nitro.dk>

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Hi, Simon,

On 12/18/05, Simon L. Nielsen <simon@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 2005.12.18 09:45:41 +0100, Stanislaw Halik wrote:
> > Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Patch looks good so I have committed it as sys/kern/sys_pipe.c,v
> > > 1.185.  Thanks for the submission!
> >
> > any chances on getting a fast backport to RELENG_6_0?
>
> For that to happen it need to be in RELENG_6 for a while to make sure
> nothing is broken by the change and then an Errata Notice has to be
> made for the issue.  That said, it sounds like a good candidate for an
> Errata Notice.

Do we typically issue Errata Notice for local DoS in the past?  I
think this is a serious problem, but not very sure whether it should
be merged back to RELENG_6_0, though.  If so@ and re@ agrees I would
be happy to do some documentary work for the Errata Notice :-)

Cheers,
--
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net


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