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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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