From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263832AbUARLZO (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:25:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263927AbUARLZO (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:25:14 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:26798 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263832AbUARLZL (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2004 06:25:11 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jens Benecke Subject: Dangerout FAT32 filesystem bug Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:24:30 +0100 Message-ID: <1383334.RWlT9uk5eq@spamfreemail.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: KNode/0.7.6 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I didn't find anything in the changelog for 2.6.[01] and 2.4.2[2345]: has the FAT32 FS bug mentioned (and successfully fixed/patched) in http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Dec/1127.html been included in the mainstream kernel? It destroys data on big FAT32 partitions, which is very critical for people with big external harddisks trying to exchange data between Linux and Windows systems. -- Jens Benecke