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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug
Date: 21 Mar 2002 12:14:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a7dev9$n51$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C985A46.D3C73301@aitel.hist.no> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203200943230.3615-100000@xanadu.home>

Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203200943230.3615-100000@xanadu.home>
By author:    Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Helge Hafting wrote:
> 
> > Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > 
> > > > Removable media?
> > > 
> > > Most if not all removable media are not ment to be used with JFFS2.
> > 
> > Nothing is _meant_ to be exploited either.  Someone could
> > create a cdrom with jffs2 (linux don't demand that cd's use iso9660)
> 
> But JFFS2 demands to be used with AN MTD device, not a block device.  And
> most MTD device, if not all of them, on which JFFS2 is used aren't
> removable.
> 

Isn't this whole discussion a bit silly?  If I'm not mistaken, we're
talking about a one-line known fix here...

	-hpa
-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-21 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-18 10:57 [PATCH] zlib double-free bug Paul Mackerras
2002-03-18 14:49 ` J.A. Magallon
2002-03-18 15:15   ` Tom Rini
2002-03-18 16:36   ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-18 22:09     ` Paul Mackerras
2002-03-19 10:45       ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-19 13:53         ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-19 18:06         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 19:14           ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 19:36             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 19:50               ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 19:59                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 20:09                   ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 20:35           ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-03-20  9:45             ` Helge Hafting
2002-03-20 14:45               ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-03-21 20:14                 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-03-21 21:03                   ` Tom Rini
2002-03-21 21:21                     ` Tom Rini
2002-03-21 22:13                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-22  0:06                       ` Corey Minyard
2002-03-22  7:26                         ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-20 15:59               ` Martin Hermanowski
2002-03-20 16:17                 ` Tom Rini
2002-03-19  5:01 ` Paul Mackerras

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