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...me, length, and other bits of information are copied into a 'wq' structure, which stands for waiting queue. "wq.name" is "char *name", a pointer to the dentry pointer that refers back to the filename somewhere in the kernel. autofs_wait() then passes 'wq' to autofs_notify_daemon(), which copies the information into a structure called 'pkt'. This is passed to autofs_write(), which write()'s the packet down the pipe connecting the module with automountd. The Overflow The problem occurs when 'wq' is copied to 'pk...