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Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix race between write and fcntl(F_SETFL) ping.



Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:23:37PM +0300, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
>> >> Wow.... I've just got a good present for a fools day.
>> >> It is appeared that stable kernel still has this bug(CVE-2014-8086) unfixed.
>> >> At least my notebook (debian/testing 3.16.5) oopsed like follows:
>> >
>> > 3.16 is not a stable kernel I maintain, it's long since dead.
>> Ohh. I see. So this is just a unstable Debian's crap.
>> > Is there a specific patch I should be applying to the 3.14 or 3.10
>> > kernels that solve this problem?
>> Yes original commit is a41537e69b4aa43f0fea02498c2595a81267383b
>> In fact 3.14 and 3.10 already has fixes.
>> 3.14 07110343605adc3f
>> 3.10 30d8c8352812e924
>
> Dmitry, if you open a bug report against the Debian kernel, I'm sure
> they'll take care of applying a backport of the patch --- especially
> since this is a potential security issue (CVE-2014-8086).
That is what I did after I've replayed Greg. But it is appeared that they
have already fixed this issue 30days ago. So this is 100% my OS admin issue.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 					- Ted
>
>> So I have to just migrate my note to truly stable kernel :)
>
> Ah, do what I do --- run truly bleeding edge and use the latest kernel
> with the ext4 dev branch merged in.  (After I've made sure it passes a
> full set of regression tests, of course!)  Nothing like file system
> developers eating their own dog food.  :-)
Yes this is the way I live for every long time, but forget to update
kernel after migrating to new notebook.
>
> The only downside, speaking as a Debian developer, is that I don't end
> up paying that much attention to the Debian kernel.  So if there are
> some other ext4 developers who are willing to help push patches into
> the Debian kernel, that would be much appreciated.

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