Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:40:35 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: on exit xterm totally wrecks linux 2.4.11 to 2.4.14-pre6 (unkillable processes) |
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Nick LeRoy wrote:
> Yeah, I think that I know what I'm talking about. The question > was: Should devfs be fixed, or should xterm be fixed.
If any random malicious user can crash the machine through devfs, I think the answer to this question is quite obvious.
The security hole should be fixed.
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