Re: kern/42977: pkg/samba requires vm.user_va0_disable=0

[Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/42977; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: drochner%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/42977: pkg/samba requires vm.user_va0_disable=0
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:56 -0400

 paul%whooppee.com@localhost wrote:
 >> Number:         42977
 >> Category:       kern
 >> Synopsis:       pkg/samba requires vm.user_va0_disable=0
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       serious
 >> Priority:       medium
 >> Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 >> State:          open
 >> Class:          sw-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   net
 >> Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 15 19:50:00 +0000 2010
 >> Originator:     Paul Goyette
 >> Release:        5.99.24 as of 2010-03-07 02:41 UTC
 >> Organization:
 >> Environment:
 > NetBSD speedy.whooppee.com 5.99.24 NetBSD 5.99.24 (SPEEDY (ASUS M3A78-CM) 
 > 2010-03-07 02:41:07) #0: Sat Mar  6 19:40:25 PST 2010  
 > paul%speedy.whooppee.com@localhost:/build-out/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/SPEEDY
 >  amd64
 >> Description:
 > Without setting user_va0_disable=0, neither smbd nor nmbd (from pkgsrc) will 
 > run.
 
 I have a feeling this should move under security.pax, and have
 enabled/global knobs too, along with (for now) ELF flags to allow
 fine-grained control over what is exempt from this. That'll at least
 allow integration with the build system/pkgsrc and auto-enabling the
 exempt flags where needed.
 
 Matthias?
 
 -e.