Re: Linux inode.i_count overflow

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 22:22:34 +0000 (GMT)

> Also, I do not like that solution. Expands structure a bit. Is it

Tough .
> possible to do overflow detection (if (i_count > 32000) return
> EOPIMPOSSIBLEBECAUSEIDONTLIKEYOU?)? Even kill process with -9 would be
> enough, I believe.

That creates a seperate DoS attack

> Also, how resistant is 2.1.79 to this kind of attack?

Its not - 2.1.80pre is

Alan