From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 15:43:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: *** empty log message ***
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0s~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=579105347dfa56cbe2b81608d58c8b89562e3855;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
index a62a144ef5..3fb6fea7dd 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 
 2000-05-19  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
 
-	Save device number as well as inode number for each directory.
+	Save device number as well as inode number for each directory,
+	and use it in comparisons.  This makes the directory cycle test
+	more robust, and closes the small remaining hole whereby an
+	attacker could subvert a running `rm -r' command.
+
 	* src/remove.c (struct active_dir_ent) [st_dev]: New member.
 	[st_ino]: Rename from `inum'.
 	(make_active_dir_ent) [device]: New parameter.