Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:58:42 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: weird daily check output Message-ID: <20010327155842.C12888@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <00af01c0b6fe$79176a60$db9497cf@singingtree.com>; from mikey@singingtree.com on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:42:41PM -0800 References: <99q631$2htl$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <00af01c0b6fe$79176a60$db9497cf@singingtree.com>
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"Michael A. Dickerson" <mikey@singingtree.com> probably said: > scans. Then the binary garbage at the top of the dmesg has the look of a > buffer overflow, although I don't have any explanation for how it could wind > up in kernel memory. binary garbage like that before and between dmesg info is pretty common on machines that do not clear that section of memory on a reboot (like my vaio laptop doesn't). If you look at the dmesg infor theres a reboot message part way through. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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