On 20 Apr 2000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > +xdr_decode_fhstatus3(struct rpc_rqst *req, u32 *p, struct
> Serious security flaw? Well...
> That particular code is only meant to be used for mounting the NFSROOT
> partition, so if you receive an illegal file handle, your client isn't
> going to boot whether or not the memcpy messes up.
Oh OK, sorry. I thought it was a more general routine. Still, it
illustrates something the rest of the NFS code has to be careful about.
Cheers
Chris
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