Re: Linux 2.6.22.18

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 06:48:42PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Greg KH:
> 
> > the logic is a little different in 2.6.22 and earlier in regards to this
> > area of code.  This way we are safer.
> 
> Your patch doesn't include the CVE-2006-0010 hunk.  Is this because
> get_user() implies an access_ok() check (while __copy_from_user()
> obviously does not)?

Yes, that is exactly why.  CVE-2006-0010 and -0009 are not applicable to
kernels prior to 2.6.23.

thanks,

greg k-h
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