Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:15:47 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: why UDF have so ugly filesize limit? |
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Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:56:27 -0400 > Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote: > >> Marat Buharov wrote: >>> from fs/udf/super.c: >>> in function udf_fill_super >>> sb->s_maxbytes = 1<<30; (1 GB) >>> >>> Why sb->s_maxbytes is not equal to MAX_LFS_FILESIZE? >>> >> Patches to fix that are in the -mm kernel already (and in >> Fedora Core 6 latest update.) > > Good to know, presumably these also fix the underlying UDF problems in the > UDF filesystem code that caused it to be put there in the first pace ? > > (Security CVE-2006-4145)
Yeah, the patches are by Jan Kara who put the original limitation in there as a temporary band-aid. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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