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SubjectRe: inode->i_count security hole
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> Looking forward to 2.0.34 (with idt mem leak fix? This could be used as a 
> local DoS)

Actually you can do better than a DoS attack with it. The fix is to make
i_count a long at the moment.

> PS. Are any other OS's affected by this or similar issues?

A related one kills every Unix we've tested stone dead.

Alan


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