Am Freitag, 20. Dezember 2002 00:55 schrieb Henning Meier-Geinitz:
> Hi,
>
> This patches (from Sergey Vlasov) fixes the following problem: When
> the scanner is unplugged during the scan, the usage count doesn't seem
> to be decremented and therefore the scanner module can't be unloaded.
>
> While without the patch the bug occurs almost everytime I unplug the
> scanner, it hasn't ever occured with the patch.
>
> Easier (less intrusive) approaches are welcome.
>
> The patch is sone ontop of the new id/silence/endpoint patches from
> today.
>
> 2.5.x patches for all the patches will follow once I get 2.5. running
> here :-)
This patch is wrong. Please do not apply.
Specifically it treats release() as corresponding to close().
It isn't. This patch introduces a memory leak exploitable
as a denial of service attack.
Regards
Oliver
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