Later on down the thread there are other people then Dan Burcaw who say that the bug crashes their boxes too. I suggest reading the thread on Linux Kernel archives for more information. See information at the bottof of forwarded message for information. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:08:03 -0700 (MST) From: Dan Burcaw <dburcawat_private> To: Richard Gooch <rgoochat_private> Cc: linux-kernelat_private Subject: Re: 2.2.0 SECURITY This has been tested and causes crashes on: AMD K6-2 350 AMD K6-2 400 Intel 486 SX25 w/ P90 Overdrive On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Richard Gooch wrote: > Dan Burcaw writes: > > > > There is a bug that works only on the 2.2.0 kernel that will allow root > > and non-root users to crash the machine (the system reboots). > > > > To replicate this bug do following: > > > > Take any core file, and as normal user or root run: ldd core > > > > The machine will reboot, saying that it cannot get execution permissions > > for ./core > > > > As far as I can tell, this problem only affects x86 machines running > > 2.2.0. I know that PPC is not affected. > > Just tried this on a dual PPro: > > % cat > try.c > void main () > { > * (unsigned int *) 0 = 0; > } > % cc -o try try.c > % ./try > Segmentation fault > % ldd core > % dmesg | tail -1 > perfmon: v0.4 (19990127) Richard Gooch (rgoochat_private), 2 counters > > Nope, doesn't cause a reboot, panic, Oops or any problems > here. Running as root makes no difference. > > Regards, > > Richard.... > Dan Terra Firma Design & Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. voice (970) 416-9821 in Fort Collins email dburcawat_private website http://www.terraplex.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomoat_private Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Stanislav N. Vardomskiy - Procurator Odiosus Ex Infernis[TM] | | This message is brought to you by letters jey, ow, el and tee. | | Jolt! For all the sugar and twice the caffeine. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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