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Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:mikemol@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ |
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> >> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. |
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> >> > -- |
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> >> > :wq |
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> >> Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link |
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> to Theo T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial |
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> hypothesis had not been proven and he himself is back in the dark. |
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> >> Not much confidence in ext4 for the time being for me. Back to |
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> reiserfs? ;-) |
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> >> Rgds, |
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> >> -- |
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> > Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the |
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> kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just |
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> use it for a while. They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure. |
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> Unfortunately, since Ted T'so himself couldn't even pinpoint what's |
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> wrong, how can I be sure that other kernel versions are unaffected? |
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> Rgds, |
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Well, sometimes you just have to go with what you know. I saw a list of |
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the versions that are affected so I would avoid those at least. This |
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could be one of those times where a older kernel may be a good idea. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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