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SubjectRe: [oops] lib/vsprintf.c
>> Yes, I known. I did it intentionally.
>> IMHO kernel should be more resistant to accidental programmers errors.
>> Be secure, trust no one ;)
>
>ACK. Therefore the kernel oopses, rendering the machine useless for the
>moment and forces the programmer to look for the bug.

And thanks to the "stupidity" of the >> poster, the Debian Group found out that
their box was h4x0r3d when the machine oopsed repeatedly. :-)



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