Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:37 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Fesler <jfesler@gigo.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/3004: "watch" causes a reboot when not given a tty name Message-ID: <199703161021.CAA00399@heaven.gigo.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199703161030.CAA19282@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3004
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: "watch" causes a reboot when not given a tty name
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 16 02:30:02 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jason Fesler
>Organization:
Humanity Against Late-Night Infomercials
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-970311-GAMMA i386
>Environment:
This has been duplicated on both an old 486 (home system)
as well as on a 586 at the shop (quake game server).
I have not tested it on any of the 'important' machines.
>Description:
"watch" can cause the system to reboot without any trace
of information in the logs. I don't have dumps being written
to disk at the moment (at home, I don't have the space..).
If this is not repeatable, I can turn on dumps and send
one of them..
>How-To-Repeat:
prompt} watch
(screen clears)
Snoop started.
Enter device name []:
At this point, merely hit carriage return to reboot.
>Fix:
Unknown [I don't have full sources at home]
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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