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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-03 18:48:01 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-03 18:48:01 -0500 |
commit | b65a0e0c84cf489bfa00d6aa6c48abc5a237100f (patch) | |
tree | 3ed9d7b094e003a7b0d98234cb5b490d671bf3a9 /Documentation | |
parent | 4438a02fc4956f5f61918095708f183f5c63a9d3 (diff) | |
parent | 1362fa078dae16776cd439791c6605b224ea6171 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6:
DNS: Fix a NULL pointer deref when trying to read an error key [CVE-2011-1076]
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt index aefd1e681804..04ca06325b08 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt | |||
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ before the more general line given above as the first match is the one taken. | |||
61 | create dns_resolver foo:* * /usr/sbin/dns.foo %k | 61 | create dns_resolver foo:* * /usr/sbin/dns.foo %k |
62 | 62 | ||
63 | 63 | ||
64 | |||
65 | ===== | 64 | ===== |
66 | USAGE | 65 | USAGE |
67 | ===== | 66 | ===== |
@@ -104,6 +103,14 @@ implemented in the module can be called after doing: | |||
104 | returned also. | 103 | returned also. |
105 | 104 | ||
106 | 105 | ||
106 | =============================== | ||
107 | READING DNS KEYS FROM USERSPACE | ||
108 | =============================== | ||
109 | |||
110 | Keys of dns_resolver type can be read from userspace using keyctl_read() or | ||
111 | "keyctl read/print/pipe". | ||
112 | |||
113 | |||
107 | ========= | 114 | ========= |
108 | MECHANISM | 115 | MECHANISM |
109 | ========= | 116 | ========= |