https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20220310/
"Thanks to a tweet <https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1501973596532461594> by Aaron Toponce <https://twitter.com/AaronToponce> I learned about the Linux |/dev/full| pseudo-device. Write system calls to it always fail with a |ENOSPC| (no space on device) error. With it finding software that doesn’t check for failed writes is a piece of cake. ..."
This reminds me of a journal article from the 80s about the fragility of commercial Unix to unexpected input ... around the CrashMe times I think.
Also of Stewart Smith's wisdom I see /dev/full on both Cygwin & Linux as mentioned in the blog post.
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