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From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity•com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta•com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail•com>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>,
	socketcan@hartkopp•net, kuznet@ms2•inr.ac.ru,
	urs.thuermann@volkswagen•de, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6•org,
	kaber@trash•net, jmorris@namei•org,
	remi.denis-courmont@nokia•com, pekkas@netcore•fi, sri@us•ibm.com,
	vladislav.yasevich@hp•com, tj@kernel•org, lizf@cn•fujitsu.com,
	joe@perches•com, hadi@mojatatu•com, ebiederm@xmission•com,
	adobriyan@gmail•com, jpirko@redhat•com, johannes.berg@intel•com,
	daniel.lezcano@free•fr, xemul@openvz•org,
	socketcan-core@lists•berlios.de, netdev@vger•kernel.org,
	linux-sctp@vger•kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/10] Fix leaking of kernel heap addresses in net/
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:24:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1289582682.3090.323.camel@Dan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101112083315.096dfaa3@nehalam>


> 
> Also, the whole idea needs to be under a config option, so only
> the paranoid idiots turn it on.

If that's what's necessary to get it accepted, I'm willing to do that.
But when a solution does not negatively impact usability or performance
and improves security, even in a small way, why should it not be enabled
by default?  Of course it's my responsibility to first propose a
solution that is acceptable from a usability/debugging standpoint, but
assuming that can be achieved, I don't really see what the problem is.
There's a difference between being a "paranoid idiot" and wanting to
protect users from unnecessary exposure.

-Dan


  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-12 17:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-12  2:15 [PATCH 4/10] Fix leaking of kernel heap addresses in net/ Dan Rosenberg
     [not found] ` <2129857903-1289528127-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1506931048--JnVBb1XAImjjL2gL5RxOEzYg3SYOavFBmZ6FRVpaDsI@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-12  2:29   ` David Miller
2010-11-12  2:34     ` Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-12  2:49       ` David Miller
2010-11-12  2:51         ` Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-12  2:59           ` David Miller
2010-11-12  7:23       ` Eric Dumazet
2010-11-12 12:37         ` Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-12 16:33         ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-11-12 17:24           ` Dan Rosenberg [this message]
2010-11-12 18:33             ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-11-12 20:18           ` Alexey Dobriyan
2010-11-12 20:37             ` David Miller
2010-11-12 22:40               ` Alexey Dobriyan
2010-11-12 22:46                 ` David Miller
     [not found] <1289673008.3090.350.camel@Dan>
2010-11-13 18:42 ` Dan Rosenberg
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-11-12  1:07 Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-12  1:10 ` David Miller
2010-11-12  1:20   ` Dan Rosenberg
2010-11-12  2:02     ` David Miller

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