Linux 6.18 Hardened Against Specially-Crafted EROFS Images Leading To System Crashes

Phoronix Oct 22, 2025

The EROFS read-only file-system continues enjoying nice uptick in use from embedded devices to containers. Merged today for Linux 6.18 is some new hardening to the EROFS driver where specially-crafted file-system images could lead to system crashes or infinite loops...

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