Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gadamopoulos] 51115: [ntoskrnl] -Implement calling OkayToCloseProcedure callouts to win32k fordesktop and window station objects - Fix a bug that causedObpCloseHandle to return success even whe...

[Gabriel ilardi]

Let's smooth the edges:

"So all we have to do is:
• Create a window station with CreateWindowStation
• Protect the handle with SetHandleInformation
• Close it with CloseWindowStatio
Bug was caught in Vista SP1 / Server 2008 timeframe
• Probably due to SDL -- obvious bug"

Source:

http://www.alex-ionescu.com/BH08-AlexIonescu.pdf 



>   From: ionucu(a)videotron.ca
>  Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:31:44 -0400
>  To: ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gadamopoulos] 51115:	[ntoskrnl]	-Implement calling
> OkayToCloseProcedure callouts	to win32k	fordesktop and window station objects - Fix a
> bug	that	causedObpCloseHandle to return success even whe...
>  
>  In the meantime -- has any one of you actually Googled for the PDF and read the
> appropriate section (hint: It was titled "Developer Guidance")?
>  
>  --
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>  
>  On 2011-03-23, at 5:52 AM, Kamil Hornicek wrote:
>  
> >   it may also seem like the ex-reactos team is full
> > of arrogant people.. I guess if Cutler or Lucovsky wrote a reply in here in a similar
> > manner they would indeed get the same reply.
> >  
> >  wbr,
> >  kamil
> >  
> >  ----- Original Message ----- From: Aleksey Bragin
> >  To: ReactOS Development List
> >  Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:28 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gadamopoulos] 51115: [ntoskrnl] -Implement calling
> > OkayToCloseProcedure callouts to win32k fordesktop and window station objects - Fix a bug
> > that causedObpCloseHandle to return success even whe...
> >  
> >  
> >  It's a shame, it may seem to an outsider that ReactOS team is full of an arrogant
> > people who don't respect a former dev with quite significant contribution. Instead of
> > thinking and fixing, this thread turned rude even before Alex replied more.
> >  
> >  
> >  I guess if Dave Cutler and Marc Lucovsky would write a reply here, they would also get
> > harsh replies about their huge ego and Timo would offer to mentor them too :-)
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  WBR,
> >  Aleksey Bragin.
> >  
> >  
> >  On Mar 23, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Ged Murphy wrote:
> >  
> >  
> >  I’m glad someone else was thinking that too.
> >  
> >  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
> > WaxDragon
> >  Sent: 23 March 2011 04:22
> >  To: ReactOS Development List
> >  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gadamopoulos] 51115: [ntoskrnl] - Implement calling
> > OkayToCloseProcedure callouts to win32k for desktop and window station objects - Fix a bug
> > that caused ObpCloseHandle to return success even whe...
> >  
> >  Unbelievable!  We should be happy that Alex even commented on this commit to point out a
> > flaw.  Spend some time looking in to what he said, and less time disrespecting a man with
> > his name on the cover of Windows Internals.
> >  
> >  Waxy
> >  On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Timo Kreuzer <timo.kreuzer(a)web.de> wrote:
> >  Am 22.03.2011 23:17, gab Alex Ionescu folgendes von sich:
> >  bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
> >  
> >  --
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
> >  
> >  
> >  
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