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Date:      Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:30:40 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   kern/4551: cat /proc/*/mem gives "cat: /proc/0/mem: Bad address"
Message-ID:  <199709160230.VAA02530@watcher.isl.net>
Resent-Message-ID: <199709160240.TAA14764@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         4551
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       cat /proc/*/mem gives "cat: /proc/0/mem: Bad address"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 15 19:40:00 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Daniel Ortmann
>Organization:
(not-applicable)
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

The last ctm update applied was src-cur.3048.gz

>Description:

cat /proc/*/mem >/dev/null produces the following:

cat: /proc/0/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/1/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/119/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/122/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/125/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/128/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/1478/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/1486/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/165/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/1720/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/1968/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/2/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/2040/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/2041/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/210/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/213/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/214/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/215/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/216/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/217/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/218/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/219/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/220/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/221/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/222/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/223/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/224/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/227/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/27/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/3/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/4/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/67/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/85/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/94/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/98/mem: Bad address
cat: /proc/curproc/mem: Bad address

I expected 

>How-To-Repeat:

cat /proc/*/mem >/dev/null

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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