Re: Linux 2.6.16.16

[Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>]

* Maciej Soltysiak (solt2@dns.toxicfilms.tv) wrote:
> But this one looks important, something that every kernel build
> has in its code path, however I am unable to say if I need it badly
> or maybe not.

The patch fixes a possible user-triggerable system lockup or memory leak.
In both cases it's a local DoS.

BTW, the CVE folks have decided to track this as two separate issues:

CVE-2006-1860 - the system lockup
CVE-2006-1859 - the memory leak

> Could we have a word or two under each patchlet that would qualify them
> somehow?
> Like:
> "Important, not required for all, apply if using SCTP"
> "Important, required for all, may *do bad things*, apply ASAP"
> "Critical, required for all, surely will *do bad things*, apply ASAP"

Assigning any official severity is a bit of a slippery slope, but
making sure it's clear what type of issue (i.e. local DoS in this case)
is very reasonable.

thanks,
-chris