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    SubjectRe: file offset corruption on 32-bit machines?
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    On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:20:31PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
    > Well, as Jiri Kosina wrote, this isn't a problem unless someone finds
    > a way how to use this race for some attack (and for example making f_pos
    > negative compromises security so it is not so far-fetched as it would
    > seem). So proactively fixing this makes some sence.

    But you would have to be part of that process to affect the filehandle
    wouldn't you? If you are part of the process already wouldn't it be
    easier to manipulate things directly rather than playing with the
    filehandle position?

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    Len Sorensen


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