[PATCH 3/3] ARM: vfp: Use vfp_lock() in vfp_entry().

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 03:26:16PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 at 15:22, Russell King (Oracle)
> <linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > as the patch system is down for the long term until Debian
> > fix their mariadb security regression which prevents a server requiring
> > a minimum of TLS v1.2 accepting connections from Debian Bookworm
> > systems (which regress from supporting TLS v1.3 to a maximum of TLS
> > v1.1).
> >
> > I reported this as a bug to the debian BTS last week, and as I have
> > come to expect from useless waste of space distro bug tracking systems,
> > there has been zero reaction - and as the bug has already been reported
> > by others, and they've been fobbed off by the package maintainer, I am
> > not hopeful that this regression will ever be fixed.
> >
> > It seems to me that Debian is ripe for having a CVE raised against
> > Bookworm for the regression, especially as TLS v1.1 is now regarded
> > as vulnerable due to downgrade attacks - and maybe that will make
> > Debian sit up and take notice.
> >
> 
> Does this mean the ARM tree is closed for business a the moment? Is
> there no way to carry on without the patch system?

Only if you want to see just how utterly terrible I am trying to pick
patches off the mailing list...

IMHO, the better thing would be to apply pressure to Debian to get
them to at least recognise their cockup, so that then we have some
idea when stuff can be resurected.

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