Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
19 Mar 2002 10:06:03 -0800


Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203191044150.26226-100000@passion.cambridge.redhat.com>
By author: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@redhat.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Paul Mackerras wrote:
>
> > David Woodhouse writes:
> >
> > > After it's been in -ac for a while without mishap I'll ask Marcelo to
> > > consider it - possibly for 2.4.20-pre1.
> >
> > Yep, that sounds good to me. For now, I think my patch should go in
> > for 2.4.19.
>
> Absolutely - sorry, I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
>
> For the record - it's not worth bothering with fs/jffs2/zlib.c; if they
> can corrupt your file system on the medium, why bother with cracking zlib?
> :)
>

Removable media?

-hpa

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