Summary of changes from v2.6.11.3 to v2.6.11.4 ============================================== [PATCH] CAN-2005-0384: Remote Linux DoS on ppp servers Martin Schulze writes: > Ben Martel and Stephen Blackheath have discovered a denial-of-service attack > that a client of pppd can make that can hang the server machine. The bug is > in the Linux kernel 2.6 (tested on 2.6.9), but it looks like it also exists > in the 2.4 series. Yes, this is my bug. :( I would just do this instead: Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman [PATCH] use strncpy in get_task_comm From: Prasanna Meda Set_task_comm uses strlcpy, so get_task_comm must use strncpy. Signed-Off-by: Prasanna Meda Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 2.6.11.4