Re: Dangerout FAT32 filesystem bug

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 10:06:51 EST


Jens Benecke <jens-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I didn't find anything in the changelog for 2.6.[01] and 2.4.2[2345]:
>
> has the FAT32 FS bug mentioned (and successfully fixed/patched) in
>
> http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Dec/1127.html
>
> been included in the mainstream kernel? It destroys data on big FAT32
> partitions, which is very critical for people with big external harddisks
> trying to exchange data between Linux and Windows systems.

2.6 was already fixed several months ago.

For 2.4, patch submited.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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