Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 15:14:33 EST


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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