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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:32:16 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>
Cc:        security at FreeBSD <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Q about FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio
Message-ID:  <20020422203216.GR38320@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020422151956.A919@sheol.localdomain>
References:  <20020422151956.A919@sheol.localdomain>

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* D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> [020422 13:27] wrote:
> Hello All.
> 
> Received this SA today, and I have but four questions:
> 
>   - Is this really only a kernel re-build and install thang?
>     - Shouldn't filedesc.h be copied to /usr/include/sys?

Doesn't matter.

>   - libc (and therefore userland) really isn't involved at all?
>     - 'keyinit' was used as an example, but the hole is
>       just in the kernel?

There's no hole in the kernel, this patch basically puts seatbelts
in the kernel to protect against a very easy to make mistake.

-Alfred

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