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SubjectRe: [patch 03/26] sysfs: zero terminate sysfs write buffers (CVE-2006-1055)
On 4/5/06, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:43:15AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > > How about _NOT_ using sysfs and just having ->read()/->write() on a file in fs
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Where does this file come from? A device node?


> > > of your own? ~20 lines for all of it, not counting #include...
> >
> > Sysfs attributes allow full read/write on their file handles. But
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > GregKH has been discouraging that.
>


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