Re: inode->i_count security hole

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 14:24:27 +0000 (GMT)


> Looking forward to 2.0.34 (with idt mem leak fix? This could be used as a
> local DoS)

Actually you can do better than a DoS attack with it. The fix is to make
i_count a long at the moment.

> PS. Are any other OS's affected by this or similar issues?

A related one kills every Unix we've tested stone dead.

Alan