CVE-2017-1000364 kernel fix brake user-space programs

[aconcernedfossdev at airmail.cc]

> It is not OK.

Says who? You're speaking as if from a position of authority, but what 
authority do you have?

On 2017-06-23 19:52, Nrbrtx wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu developers!
> 
> I can't understand how this happen, but your latest kernel upgrade
> broke many user-space applications.
> 
> For me this process was started from Scilab. I can't use it with new
> kernels (linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic on 14.04;
> linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic on 16.04).
> So I reported bug to launchpad -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699892 .
> 
> Scilab users ask their developers for the fix, but the root of the
> problem is the kernel (see
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15141,
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15145,
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15192,http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15194,
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15195).
> 
> After some digging I discovered that other apps are affected too - see
> comments on other bug page ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698919
> ). The list contain the following programs:
> * Oracle Java Plugin (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699772 )
> * Scilab at least in Trusty and Xenial (see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699892 )
> * LPCxpresso (see https://community.nxp.com/thread/453939 )
> * RMongo (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/44699417 )
> * Ubiquity UniFi (see
> https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/UniFi-Controller-failed-after-dist-upgrade/td-p/1967779
> )
> * Eclipse (see
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/927746/eclipse-crashes-with-linux-kernel-4-4-0-81-generic
> )
> 
> Debian 7, 8 and 9 are affected too (see
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865549 and
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865672 ).
> 
> It is not OK.
> Do you plan to revert this security patch?
> Problem may have wider spread, than detected now.
> 
> With best regards,
> Norbert.