Re: inode->i_count security hole

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.noris.de)
8 Mar 1998 16:36:04 +0100


David Howells <dwh@nexor.co.uk> writes:
> Shouldn't i_count be checked against some upper limit (say 32767) and error
> EMLINK be returned if the max is already reached?
>
Quite a few places in the kernel depend on i_count being unlimited.

Changing the thing to 32 bit makes sense. We're unlikely to exceed _that_.

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Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH

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