Issue 32878: Document value of st_ino on Windows (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/77059

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Created on 2018-02-19 22:14 by gvanrossum, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg312376 - (view)	Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) *	Date: 2018-02-19 22:14
We received a report from a well-meaning security researcher who was confused by the non-zero and arbitrary value of st_ino in stat() results on Windows (where in Python 2 this was always zero). The researcher was worried that this was due to an uninitialized memory read. The actual cause is the way this field is filled with arbitary data: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Python/fileutils.c#L758 Let's make sure this is documented properly for all versions where we still update the docs.
msg313069 - (view)	Author: Alexander Nelson (Alexander Nelson)	Date: 2018-02-28 21:25
Thank you for this fix.
msg317964 - (view)	Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) *	Date: 2018-05-29 00:24
New changeset 3e51a3d5927c680d5410ff11ff8d5e5bb9ffb1e7 by Steve Dower in branch 'master': bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3e51a3d5927c680d5410ff11ff8d5e5bb9ffb1e7
msg317976 - (view)	Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) *	Date: 2018-05-29 01:49
New changeset 78e14f8eb4b4a96d0766f2857c00de21d3303b17 by Ned Deily (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.7': bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) (#7189) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/78e14f8eb4b4a96d0766f2857c00de21d3303b17
msg317980 - (view)	Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) *	Date: 2018-05-29 02:27
New changeset 325320d5f5a4480a6f4f92dcf86b9dbb7eb5c791 by Steve Dower in branch '3.6': bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) (GH-7190) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/325320d5f5a4480a6f4f92dcf86b9dbb7eb5c791