Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:28:27 +0100 | From | Cezary Sliwa <> | Subject | Re: A simple way to lock up 2.2.0-pre7 |
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"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
> Yes, it's possible that a kernel bug which crashes the system might > potentially cause someone to get access to a deleted file; but then > again, bugs which can cause an unprivileged user to force the system to > crash are security issues, and are treated as such. >
There will always be a number of bugs to be exploited by evil forces, hardware can crash from time to time etc. Maybe fsck should take care of this issue?
Czarek
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