[kccqzy]

I stopped reading when it starts explaining what's memory management.

In contrast I found the explanation written by the original author an engaging read: https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/

[tux1968]

That was a very interesting read for sure.

This part was especially eye-opening:

"... it not only works without write permissions, it also works with immutable files, on read-only btrfs snapshots and on read-only mounts (including CD-ROM mounts)..."

[js2]

Discussion last month:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30586740

[jimmont]

Thanks for this reference, I found the timeline interesting, especially the initial report in 2021, then the one month sequence and timeframe in 2022.

[max_k]

Took a long while until I found the right state of mind to finally understand what was causing those (rare) file corruptions. Once I figured that out, the rest was easy :-)

[gboone]

I really resonated with the assumption which was wrong and moments of exhausted ideas. Thank you for documenting these.