Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: [patch] fixed both processes in D state and the /proc/ oopses [Re: [patch] Fixed the race that was oopsing Linux-2.2.0] | Date | Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:23:52 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Anyway, for 2.2.1 I don't even want to be clever. As it is (with the bogus > array.c race "fixes" removed), the page may get freed without any kernel > lock, and we may return _completely_ bogus information, but that is (a) > extremely unlikely in the first place and (b) basically harmless and > pretty much impossible to exploit.
(c) you can check if the thing has disappeared after using it and clear the buffer if so.
Alan
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