Does this vulnerability affect the Linux XFS port? The XFS page has no information about this or whether there is a fix available:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ -HD On Monday 15 April 2002 04:49 pm, SGI Security Coordinator wrote: > > SGI Security Advisory > > Title: IRIX XFS filesystem denial of service attack > Number: 20020402-01-P > Date: April 15, 2002 > Reference: CAN-2002-0042 > ----------------------- > --- Issue Specifics --- > ----------------------- > > It has been reported that there is a vulnerability in IRIX's XFS > filesystem. Under some circumstances, a user can create a file that would > hang any application that would try to access it. This has the potential > to be used to create a Denial of Service attack.
