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Message-Id: <201008312056.FAB26586.OOVFLJQOFFStMH@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:56:52 +0900
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To: spender@...ecurity.net, solar@...nwall.com
Cc: roland@...hat.com, kees.cook@...onical.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately triggerOOM-killer

Brad Spengler wrote:
> The bug seems to have been introduced in 2.6.23, see:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.hppa/752
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-arch/msg01584.html
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg170491.html
> though I'm guessing the functionality was also backported to major 
> distros
As far as I know, RHEL >= 5.3 and Asianux >= 3.2 backported this functionality.

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