Re: Add a norecovery option to ext3/4?

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "BD" == Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> writes:

BD> In practice Linux has had lots of practice mounting garbage, and
BD> isn't likely to suffer terminal damage.

These days, with exposed USB ports and automount, it is rather
important that the kernel doesn't suffer terminal damage when mounting
garbage. It is too easy to exploit.


/Benny


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