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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