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Bug#985689: Needs CONFIG_UNICODE to mount ext4 fs with case-insensitivity feature

From Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#985689: Needs CONFIG_UNICODE to mount ext4 fs with case-insensitivity feature
Date 2021-03-22 09:50 +0100
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 08:40:34AM +0100, Mihai Moldovan wrote:
> Currently, mounting an EXT4-formatted volume with the case-insensitivity feature
> is impossible since CONFIG_UNICODE is not enabled in the kernel configuration.

Why would anyone want to do that?

> My best guess is that the chance of regressions is very low.

In recent history it's just CVE-2021-21300.

Bastian

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Bug#985689: Needs CONFIG_UNICODE to mount ext4 fs with case-insensitivity feature Mihai Moldovan <ionic@ionic.de> - 2021-03-22 09:00 +0100
  Bug#985689: Needs CONFIG_UNICODE to mount ext4 fs with case-insensitivity feature Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2021-03-22 09:50 +0100
    Bug#985689: Needs CONFIG_UNICODE to mount ext4 fs with case-insensitivity feature Mihai Moldovan <ionic@ionic.de> - 2021-03-22 10:20 +0100

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