Re: 8.3-RC2 Available...

2012-04-02 Thread grarpamp
Is it right to presume virtualbox package will be available in 8.3-RELEASE? As it is currently not available in packages-8.3-release/All or packages-8-stable/All for i386 or amd64. I will probably make the move to 9.0 stable as it is currently available there for both and that is the future of

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Evans
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: There are no security implications, no system resources to be wasted. And if you think there are security implications, then lets see a proof-of-concept. If I find time to write a proof-of-concept, I promise to

Re: [stable-ish 9] Dell R815 ipmi(4) attach failure

2012-04-02 Thread John Baldwin
On Friday, March 30, 2012 5:30:34 pm Sean Bruno wrote: This is the relevant bits: Handle 0x2600, DMI type 38, 18 bytes IPMI Device Information Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style) Specification Version: 2.0 I2C Slave Address: 0x10 NV Storage Device: Not

Re: [stable-ish 9] Dell R815 ipmi(4) attach failure

2012-04-02 Thread John Baldwin
On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:25:48 pm Doug Ambrisko wrote: Sean Bruno writes: | Noting a failure to attach to the onboard IPMI controller with this dell | R815. Not sure what to start poking at and thought I'd though this over | here for comment. | | -bash-4.2$ dmesg |grep ipmi | ipmi0:

Re: [stable-ish 9] Dell R815 ipmi(4) attach failure

2012-04-02 Thread Doug Ambrisko
John Baldwin writes: | On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:25:48 pm Doug Ambrisko wrote: | Sean Bruno writes: | | Noting a failure to attach to the onboard IPMI controller with this dell | | R815. Not sure what to start poking at and thought I'd though this over | | here for comment. | | | |

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Richard Yao
On 04/02/12 05:56, Tom Evans wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: There are no security implications, no system resources to be wasted. And if you think there are security implications, then lets see a proof-of-concept. If I find time to write a

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Jim Ohlstein
On 4/2/12 12:49 PM, Richard Yao wrote: On 04/02/12 05:56, Tom Evans wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: There are no security implications, no system resources to be wasted. And if you think there are security implications, then lets see a

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Shawn Webb
Let's all calm down here. No need to make this personal. Let's please try to keep this conversation professional and respectful to all parties involved. Richard, I suggest that if you think the current implementation is less secure than other implementations, you could write a patch and submit it

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Evans
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 05:56, Tom Evans wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: There are no security implications, no system resources to be wasted. And if you think there are security

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Richard Yao
On 04/02/12 13:13, Tom Evans wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 05:56, Tom Evans wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: There are no security implications, no system resources to be wasted.

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Wemm
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 03/30/12 22:15, Peter Wemm wrote: On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 03/30/12 18:46, Konstantin Belousov wrote: Reread what I wrote to you. Also, it pays off learning how

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Wemm
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 13:13, Tom Evans wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 05:56, Tom Evans wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Richard Yao
On 04/02/12 14:46, Peter Wemm wrote: Remember.. ASLR is a userland thing. .ko files, which is what this thread is about, already use random address layout. When you do a kldload virtio.ko, you have no way to predict what address it will be loaded at. And you don't even have access to the

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Wemm
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 14:46, Peter Wemm wrote: Remember.. ASLR is a userland thing.  .ko files, which is what this thread is about, already use random address layout.  When you do a kldload virtio.ko, you have no way to predict

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Richard Yao
On 04/02/12 15:37, Peter Wemm wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 14:46, Peter Wemm wrote: Remember.. ASLR is a userland thing. .ko files, which is what this thread is about, already use random address layout. When you do a kldload

Re: Text relocations in kernel modules

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Wemm
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 15:37, Peter Wemm wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Richard Yao r...@cs.stonybrook.edu wrote: On 04/02/12 14:46, Peter Wemm wrote: Remember.. ASLR is a userland thing.  .ko files, which is what this

Re: [stable-ish 9] Dell R815 ipmi(4) attach failure

2012-04-02 Thread Doug Ambrisko
Doug Ambrisko writes: | John Baldwin writes: | | On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:25:48 pm Doug Ambrisko wrote: | | Sean Bruno writes: | | | Noting a failure to attach to the onboard IPMI controller with this dell | | | R815. Not sure what to start poking at and thought I'd though this over | |

Did You Get My last Email?

2012-04-02 Thread Baris B kaya . .
Good Day , I pray my mail gets to you this time. I'd write you on two occasions concerning your assistance to help certify a piece of document due to some similarities in location with the supposed care-taker to enable a safe transfer of securities proceeds out of Turkey. Please let me know

r232411 breaks onboard 1068 detection

2012-04-02 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
Hello, r232411 broke onboard 1068 detection on all boxes with SuperMicro X8ST3 motherboards for us. All of them are also equipped with two extra 1068 controllers, which are detected fine. Reverting to r231518 with otherwise latest stable kernel works around the problem. The issue is still there