Re: [patch 03/26] sysfs: zero terminate sysfs write buffers (CVE-2006-1055)

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:18:07PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 4/5/06, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:43:15AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > > > How about _NOT_ using sysfs and just having ->read()/->write() on a file in fs
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> >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Where does this file come from? A device node?
> 
> 
> > > > of your own?  ~20 lines for all of it, not counting #include...
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Are you really incapable of understanding a simple sentence?
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