Re: inode->i_count security hole

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:19:34 -0500


Chris Evans wrote:

> I've read about the recently discovered inode counting security hole
> (ugh). Perhaps its worth a quick audit to see what other counters
> malicious users could overflow....??

For those of us who haven't heard of this, could you summarize the
problem with inode counting?

Regards,
Bill