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From: Martin Hermanowski <martin@mh57.net>
To: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:59:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020320155933.GC4911@mh57.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203191533360.3615-100000@xanadu.home> <3C985A46.D3C73301@aitel.hist.no>

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:45:42AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
>>> Removable media?
>> 
>> Most if not all removable media are not ment to be used with JFFS2.
> 
> Nothing is _meant_ to be exploited either.  Someone could
> create a cdrom with jffs2 (linux don't demand that cd's use iso9660)
> with an intent to make trouble.  crc's and such would match the 
> bad compressed stuff.  Nothing unusual seems to happen, but
> using the cd installs a back door as the fs uncompresses stuff.

What about ZISOFS? IIRC the files are compressed with gzip und
decompressed on the fly.

MfG
Martin

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-03-20 16:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-18 10:57 [PATCH] zlib double-free bug Paul Mackerras
2002-03-18 14:49 ` J.A. Magallon
2002-03-18 15:15   ` Tom Rini
2002-03-18 16:36   ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-18 22:09     ` Paul Mackerras
2002-03-19 10:45       ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-19 13:53         ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-19 18:06         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 19:14           ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 19:36             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 19:50               ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 19:59                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-19 20:09                   ` Dave Jones
2002-03-19 20:35           ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-03-20  9:45             ` Helge Hafting
2002-03-20 14:45               ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-03-21 20:14                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-21 21:03                   ` Tom Rini
2002-03-21 21:21                     ` Tom Rini
2002-03-21 22:13                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-22  0:06                       ` Corey Minyard
2002-03-22  7:26                         ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-20 15:59               ` Martin Hermanowski [this message]
2002-03-20 16:17                 ` Tom Rini
2002-03-19  5:01 ` Paul Mackerras

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