Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:15:26 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug |
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:49:46PM +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> The only rest it leaves in 19-pre3 are: > > ./arch/ppc/boot/lib/zlib.c > ./arch/ppc/boot/include/zlib.h > > Patch already does: > > --- linux-2.4.19-pre2-ac2/arch/ppc/config.in Sun Mar 3 18:54:31 2002 > +++ linux-2.4.19-pre2-ac2-zlib/arch/ppc/config.in Tue Mar 5 08:57:31 2002 > @@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ > source net/bluetooth/Config.in > fi > > +source lib/Config.in > + > mainmenu_option next_comment > comment 'Kernel hacking' > > > So wouldn't it be better to kill ppc/.../zlib and make it use also the > shared copy ?
Not really. The arch/ppc/boot version (and arch/mips/boot'ish too, when it gets merged) are slightly different from the in-kernel ones by ~1 line, so that they allow things to be decompressed to 0x0. My plan for 2.5 is to get the PPC version using the lib/zlib_deflate stuff (by dummy files doing #include too), maybe. But either way it's a non-issue (if you can't trust the 'zImage' binary, you've got bigger problems than someone trying to expliot a bug before Linux is running).
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