Re: [PATCH] prevent kernel address space leak via dmesg or /proc files

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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> On 7 Jan 2019, at 17:04, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)link38.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hello Michael,
> 
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I merged this and edited the release number of the setup package.
> thank you - I am not very sure with handling the release numbers.
> Glad you fixed this for me. :-)
>> 
>> For pakfire to recognise changes, the release number (or version number) has to be increased. Since this package does not follow an upstream one, it would have been only the release. I did that for you.
>> 
>> Why did we say again this should live in the setup package and not the kernel?
> As far as I can recall, we did not. However, this patch contains
> sysctl parameters, so I guess it makes sens to include them in
> the sysctl package. Kernel flags, for example, will be patched in
> the kernel package.

To be honest, I do not have a better place where this could live.

However, these flags are closely tied to the kernel, so the kernel package would make sense. However, multiple of those can be installed at the same time and loading incompatible settings might happen.

We will leave this for now until we have a better idea.

Best,
-Michael

> 
> Thanks, and best regards,
> Peter Müller
>> 
>> -Michael
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