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Data Corrupting ext3 Bug In Latest Linux 2.4.20

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-news dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Andrew Morton alerted readers of the Linux Kernel mailing list today that ext3 in the 2.4.20 kernel has a new bug that can easily cause file data corruption at unmount time. The bug will only affect people using ext3 in "data=journal" mode, which fortunately is not the default... Full details can be read on KernelTrap."

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  1. Re:another victory for open source by shaitand · · Score: 1, Troll

    Do you actually work on computers for home users and small buisness? I do, among a great deal of other things, and can tell you that the security patches released by microsoft hardly stop klez. You can patch but the systems still get reinfected again and again without a proper anti-virus to catch the bug.