Bug#411294: linux-2.6: capi_{cmsg,message}2str not thread-safe; vulnerable to buffer overflow

To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, 411294@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#411294: linux-2.6: capi_{cmsg,message}2str not thread-safe; vulnerable to buffer overflow
From: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:08:24 +0100
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 10:11:54PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> It applies cleanly to version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-10 with a small offset in
> some files, but I haven't checked whether any other changes might be
> needed for 2.6.18.

The current patch includes an abi change. Also we should wait for the
final version to appear in linus tree.

Bastian

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