Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:31:38 +0200 (SAST) From: William Fletcher <ultraviolet@epweb.co.za> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: William Fletcher <ultraviolet@epweb.co.za> Subject: kern/53627: Zsh fork bomb panicks kernel. Message-ID: <200306230831.h5N8Vcqv023995@tulip.epweb.co.za> Resent-Message-ID: <200306230840.h5N8eEqN048274@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 53627
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Zsh fork bomb panicks kernel.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 23 01:40:13 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: William Fletcher
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
EPWeb Networks, South Africa.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tulip.epweb.co.za 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Wed Jun 11 10:09:55 SAST 2003 root@tulip.epweb.co.za:/usr/src/sys/compile/TULIP i386
>Description:
Typing :(){:|:};: at zsh prompt will cause machine to panic.
>How-To-Repeat:
See Description.
>Fix:
A great workaround would be to not fork bomb ones system. :-)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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