What kind of security compromise could opening too many files really lead to?
Unless the kernel is really so brittle that there'd be a risk of an integer overflow (sad but hilarious if that's it), the only thing I can really think would happen is general denial of service, which isn't so much security as annoyance.
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2025-03-07 03:22:32 UTC
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