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Re: Linux 2.4.22 XFS 1.3.1 reservation ran out

To: Soumen Chakrabarti <soumen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.22 XFS 1.3.1 reservation ran out
From: Mihai RUSU <dizzy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:14:16 +0200 (EET)
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Whoops, I just found this on another list:
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/mm/mmap.c@xxxx?nav=cset@1.1148.2.2

Whoud someone with kernel knowledge confirm this is the right fix and also 
that it shouldnt brake anything XFS related ? Thanks!

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Mihai RUSU wrote:

> What about the brk() integer overflow bug of which I found out recently ?
> Seems to be fixed between 2.4.22 and 2.4.23. As the Debian guys say there
> seems to be an exploit in the wild already. Has anyone a patch against
> 2.4.21 (/w XFS 1.3.1) for this one ? Otherwise I cannot use 2.4.21 ... :-/

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