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I stopped reading when it starts explaining what's memory management. In contrast I found the explanation written by the original author an engaging read: http
by kccqzy 5y ago
I stopped reading when it starts explaining what's memory management.
In contrast I found the explanation written by the original author an engaging read: https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/ https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/
- tux1968 5y agoThat was a very interesting read for sure. This part was especially eye-opening: "... it not only works without write permissions, it also works with immutable files, on read-only btrfs snapshots and on read-only mounts (including CD-ROM mounts)..."
- jimmont 5y agoThanks for this reference, I found the timeline interesting, especially the initial report in 2021, then the one month sequence and timeframe in 2022.
- max_k 5y agoTook a long while until I found the right state of mind to finally understand what was causing those (rare) file corruptions. Once I figured that out, the rest was easy :-)
- gboone 5y agoI really resonated with the assumption which was wrong and moments of exhausted ideas. Thank you for documenting these.
- js2 5y agoDiscussion last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30586740 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30586740