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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1304091147300.7191@erqung.pbz>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:48:12 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
cc: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: kernel information leak in
 fs/compat_ioctl.c VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE

+-- On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Dan Carpenter wrote --+
| Oh, you're saying that access_ok() can't fail.  That's true on some
| arches, and not on others.

  Yep. I see.

Thanks for confirming.
--
Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team
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