Re: [Security] CVE request: kernel: taskstats/procfs io infoleak (was: taskstats authorized_keys presence infoleak PoC)

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds () linux-foundation org>]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon () openwall com> wrote:
> So, with rounded read_characters value it's possible to learn privkey
> length.

Umm. You can trivially figure that out from the public key lenth
already, can't you?

So that's not very special, afaik.

                    Linus