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Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2
From: Greg KH <greg () kroah com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:25:26 -0700
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 09:13:11PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Given this, I think fixing bugs that might lead to privilege escalation, even if they require physical connection of USB devices, does indeed seem reasonable.
No one has said anything about not fixing these bugs. The Linux USB developers have been spending a lot of time in the past weeks doing just that, so please do not think that is an issue here. Now the "mount a purposfully corrupted filesystem image" issues, that's another story :) CERT has a long-running thread with a number of kernel developers about issues they have found in that area over the past years, which has not lead to many fixes for various reasons :( thanks, greg k-h
Current thread:
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2, (continued)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Jeremy Stanley (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 John Haxby (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Kurt H Maier (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Eddie Chapman (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Perry E. Metzger (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Eddie Chapman (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Mathias Payer (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Stuart D. Gathman (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Perry E. Metzger (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Eddie Chapman (Aug 22)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Greg KH (Aug 23)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Andrey Konovalov (Sep 27)
- Re: Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 Tyler Hicks (Sep 27)