Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:29:17 -0700 (PDT)

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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Perry Harrington wrote:
>
> We're on a dev kernel right now, correct? (yes) Why do we have a dev kernel?
> (to add new features and "fix" things) Is it appropriate to try the stack
> patch in a dev kernel, or wait another year for 2.3? (stick it in with it as
> default, wait for the screams -- if they come, fix or non-default)

You can wait forever, or just try it on your system.

Or sombody had better tell me why they shouldn't fix their broken
applications.

Linus

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