Re: segfault with exceedingly long path

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 19,  5:10pm, Bart Schaefer wrote:
}
} In spite of that ... we could at least not dump core in this specific
} case.

Given that this is a buffer overflow, this is probably a security concern
as well, because a carefully crafted file path could cause memory to
be overwritten with a desired pattern, and a symbolic link could be used
to divert the shell into that directory.