On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 02:54:59PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > hey, > The kernel team is discussing the possibility of increase the default > value of mmap_min_addr in lenny (it has already been done for > sid). Obviously this has implications for the wine and dosemu packages > (are there others?) > > The current proposal is to notify users in the next kernel DSA that > we will be making this change in the next point release and point > users to a wiki page that explains the problem and describes how to > bump the setting in the meantime. > > I saw some discussion in #505247 about maybe adding a debconf > question/stub file in /etc/sysctl.d to drop this value on a > per-package basis. Do wine/dosemu have plans to do this? I wonder if > we should consider including something like that in stable?
I've created the following wiki page, which I plan to reference in the next kernel security advisory (will go out RSN): http://wiki.debian.org/mmap_min_addr Please review for accuracy. Maintainers should pay special attention to the application-specific notes towards the end. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
