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From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, 53549@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#53549] [PATCH] gnu: polkit: Fix CVE-2021-4034.
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:14:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5a0a1f49aa4edcae8de8b43789f95937e6c04d8.camel@ist.tugraz.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220126115624.31260-1-ludo@gnu.org>

Hi Ludo,

Am Mittwoch, dem 26.01.2022 um 12:56 +0100 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
> * gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-4034.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/polkit.scm (polkit-mozjs)[replacement]: New field.
> * gnu/packages/polkit.scm (polkit-mozjs/fixed): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/local.mk                                  |  1 +
>  .../patches/polkit-CVE-2021-4034.patch        | 82
> +++++++++++++++++++
>  gnu/packages/polkit.scm                       | 13 ++-
>  3 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-4034.patch
> 
> Hi!
> 
> We could avoid grafting and instead use 'polkit/fixed' in 'setuid-
> programs', but it seems safer and less error-prone to graft.
> 
> Thoughts?
Given that there is also a duktape variant, a graft is necessary, no? 
On a related note, polit-duktape inherits polkit-mozjs in a way that
does not require adding a separate graft for it, right?  Assuming both
of the above hold, LGTM.

Cheers




  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-26 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-26 11:56 [bug#53549] [PATCH] gnu: polkit: Fix CVE-2021-4034 Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-26 15:14 ` Liliana Marie Prikler [this message]
2022-01-26 16:56   ` bug#53549: " Ludovic Courtès

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