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Date:      Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:34:38 +0100
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        David Malone <dwmalone@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_descrip.c 
Message-ID:  <7924.1072640078@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:27:14 PST." <200312281927.hBSJRFdV025302@repoman.freebsd.org> 

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In message <200312281927.hBSJRFdV025302@repoman.freebsd.org>, David Malone writ
es:
>dwmalone    2003/12/28 11:27:14 PST
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:
>    sys/kern             kern_descrip.c 
>  Log:
>  Plug a leak of open files that happens when you exec a suid program
>  with one of std{in,out,err} open. This helps with the file descriptor
>  leaks reported on -current. This should probably be merged into 5.2.
>  
>  Reviewed by:    ru
>  Tested by:      Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>

And let us not forget a big thankyou! to Oliver Brandmueller
<ob@e-Gitt.NET> who did so much work to make us pay attention and
to narrow this bug down.


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