Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: wilcox@nosc.mil To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2567: mknod minor device field overflow warning Message-ID: <199701231828.KAA00462@first.nosc.mil> Resent-Message-ID: <199701231830.KAA03324@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2567 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mknod doesn't warn when minor overlaps major >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 23 10:30:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dwight R. Wilcox >Organization: NRaD Code 4122, San Diego, CA 92152 >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.5-STABLE i386 >Environment: Nothing unusual relevant to this problem. >Description: The /sbin/mknod command fails to warn the user when a minor device number field is given which has non-zero bits overlapping the major device number field. For example: /sbin/mknod specialfile c 20 256 will set the major device number to 21 and the minor device number to 0. >How-To-Repeat: See description above. >Fix: Verify that bits 8-15 of the minor device number are zero. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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