[parted-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Prevent crash resizing FAT with very deep directories

[Brian C. Lane]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:36:09PM +0000, Mike Fleetwood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's a fix for libparted-fs-resize crashing when resizing a FAT file
> system with a deep directory tree with names over 512 bytes long.
> Original reporter was using GParted to check and resize a FAT file
> system created on his Android phone.  The phone was running CyanogenMod
> and the Filemanager app had created a very deep directory tree leading
> to a core dump.
> 
> Bug 762448 - Check FAT32 fs crashes GParted
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762448
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike

I gave this a try, and while it looks simple enough it is still
crashing for me when I apply it to Fedora rawhide's version of parted.

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