Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:15:37AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > a) do you actually have something mounted on that directory at the time? > > b) strace of rmdir, please > > c) rights to delete are governed by the directory the thing to delete > is in and not by the thing itself. The right

Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 06:31:09PM -0500, Rehm wrote: > Package: kernel > Severity: critical > Justification: root security hole > > Extremely insecure. Apparently after having been able to do mounting > on a diskimage disk1.img (sued to root under lightweight wm in X- xterm box) > on a directory

Re: kernel-patch-amd64

2004-06-30 Thread viro
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:20:18AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > ... and you might want to check kernel changelogs before starting > > moralizing of your own. > > What has your status as kernel maintainer have to do with the > maintainance of the dbeian-kernel packages, and how debian handles this

Re: kernel-patch-amd64

2004-06-30 Thread viro
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:01:23AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > BTW, who are you anyway who don't sign your messages and which i have > never seen here before ? Al Viro... > And your help to cleanup said patches are > welcome, instead of your moralizing speaches from up th

Re: kernel-patch-amd64

2004-06-30 Thread viro
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 08:30:05AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Bad idea. Split the patch and get as much as possible merged upstream. > > Note that large parts are simply "Lindent that file" and they certainly > > should not be mixed with the rest. > > And ? Is that incompatible with making a k

Re: kernel-patch-amd64

2004-06-29 Thread viro
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:23:21PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Frederik Schueler writes: > > > Since the debian kernel packages now are being maintained by the > > debian-kernel maintainers team, what is going to happen to these > > inofficial packages once amd64 will enter sid? > >

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-16 Thread viro
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:21:38PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: [firmware as mere aggregation] > Kernel copyright holders think otherwise, as do many other people. Out of curiosity, could you please show an email from such copyright holder (with some references to the code in kernel contributed b

Re: NMU: kernel

2004-06-14 Thread viro
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 03:31:51PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-24 09:40]: > > What I have in mind is a setup with daily cross-compiled kernel > > builds from the cvs repository that get uploaded in some central > > location so we a) know it buil

Re: [wli@holomorphy.com: Re: NMU: kernel]

2004-05-22 Thread viro
On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 02:23:32PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > [snip] > > > Because they have a single upstream, while the kernel has several > > > for all the architectures. > > > > That's bullshit. You have a single upstream and patches vs it from > > different sour