| To: | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole |
| From: | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> |
| Date: | Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:44:23 -0800 (PST) |
| Cc: | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org |
| In-reply-to: | Linus Torvalds's message of Saturday, 28 February 2009 09:23:36 -0800 <alpine.LFD.2.00.0902280916470.3111@localhost.localdomain> |
| Original-recipient: | rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
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| Sender: | linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org |
> And I guess the seccomp interaction means that this is potentially a > 2.6.29 thing. Not that I know whether anybody actually _uses_ seccomp. It > does seem to be enabled in at least Fedora kernels, but it might not be > used anywhere. I have no idea who uses it. I just assume that anyone who is using it might be expecting it to be reliable for security purposes as advertised. Thanks, Roland |
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