2.6.37, 2.6.38, 2.6.39 vfs/ext3/ext4 crash when unplugging USB storage

From: Frank van Maarseveen
Date: Wed May 25 2011 - 09:29:41 EST


Kernel crashes in various interesting ways using this command sequence
with an ext3/ext4 formatted USB storage device (not write-preotected):

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
cd /mnt
ls
# unplug device here
umount -l -f /mnt
cd

Reproducable on FC15 live image using the file manager.

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Frank
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