Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:45:39AM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: > Hi Martin, > > Martin Pitt wrote: > > Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: > Also, it is probably good to think how we can "drop privileges" while > piping > the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Hi Martin, Martin Pitt wrote: > Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: Also, it is probably good to think how we can "drop privileges" while piping the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user can potentially use it as a possible backdoor since anything

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi Eugene, Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: > >> Also, it is probably good to think how we can "drop privileges" while > >> piping > >> the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user can > >> potentially > >> use it as a possible backdoor since anything that is executed by >

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Neil Horman wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:40:43PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: >> Neil Horman wrote: [...] >> You may want to improve your patches with style-related changes, including >> removing trailing spaces, using tabs instead of spaces, and defining pointers >> like char *ptr instead of

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Horman
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:40:43PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: > Neil Horman wrote: > > Ok, here we go > > > > As promised, I'm reposting the core_pattern enhancements I've done over the > > past > > few days. These three patches replace and conintue the work contained in > > the > > following

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Neil Horman wrote: > Ok, here we go > > As promised, I'm reposting the core_pattern enhancements I've done over the > past > few days. These three patches replace and conintue the work contained in the > following patches, and can replace them: >

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Neil Horman wrote: Ok, here we go As promised, I'm reposting the core_pattern enhancements I've done over the past few days. These three patches replace and conintue the work contained in the following patches, and can replace them:

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Horman
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:40:43PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: Neil Horman wrote: Ok, here we go As promised, I'm reposting the core_pattern enhancements I've done over the past few days. These three patches replace and conintue the work contained in the following patches, and can

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Neil Horman wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:40:43PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: Neil Horman wrote: [...] You may want to improve your patches with style-related changes, including removing trailing spaces, using tabs instead of spaces, and defining pointers like char *ptr instead of char *

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi Eugene, Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: Also, it is probably good to think how we can drop privileges while piping the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user can potentially use it as a possible backdoor since anything that is executed by |program will

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Eugene Teo
Hi Martin, Martin Pitt wrote: Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: Also, it is probably good to think how we can drop privileges while piping the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user can potentially use it as a possible backdoor since anything that is executed by

Re: [PATCH 0/3] core_pattern: cleaned up repost/continuing post of core_pattern enhancements

2007-07-29 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:45:39AM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: Hi Martin, Martin Pitt wrote: Eugene Teo [2007-07-29 21:03 +0800]: Also, it is probably good to think how we can drop privileges while piping the core dump output to an external program. A malicious user can potentially