Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030215AbVKCALP (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:11:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030217AbVKCALP (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:11:15 -0500 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:57505 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030215AbVKCALO (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:11:14 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:11:15 +1100 From: Nathan Scott To: Jan Kasprzak Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS information leak during crash Message-ID: <20051103111115.C6081538@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <20051102212722.GC6759@fi.muni.cz> <20051103101107.O6239737@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <20051102233629.GD6759@fi.muni.cz> <20051103104956.B6081538@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <20051103000317.GE6759@fi.muni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20051103000317.GE6759@fi.muni.cz>; from kas@fi.muni.cz on Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:03:17AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 660 Lines: 19 On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:03:17AM +0100, Jan Kasprzak wrote: > : it would only ever be uninitialised, previously-free space. > > Yes, but an old data from previously deleted files > (sendmail's temporary files, vim save files, etc) may contain > a sensitive information. Indeed. But this is a generic issue affecting most filesystems; its not specific to XFS as your original mail claimed. cheers. -- Nathan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/