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dev_t is a kernel type and may have different definitions in kernel and userspace. On 32-bit x86 this currently makes the stat structure being 4 bytes longer in the user code, causing stack corruption. However, this is (potentially) not the only problem, since dev_t is a different type on user/kernel side, so we don't know that the major/minor encoding isn't also different. Decode/encode it instead to address both problems. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 74ce793bcbde ("hostfs: Fix ephemeral inodes") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240702092440.acc960585dd5.Id0767e12f562a69c6cd3c3262dc3d765db350cf6@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.