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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:34:16 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        kurnik@kurnik.pl
Cc:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.5 syncache problem
Message-ID:  <20020214153416.C62857@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0202141402280.20567-100000@polchat.pl>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0202141402280.20567-100000@polchat.pl>

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On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 02:12:47PM +0100, kurnik@kurnik.pl wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'd like to migrate my Linux powered server to FreeBSD 4.5 but there's
> a critical syncache related bug that makes it easy to remotely cause
> kernel panic on any server running FreeBSD 4.5. 
> (more on this bug at www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/34658)
> 
> My questions:
> 
> 1. Is there a simple way to fix this problem? (e.g. disabling syncache,
> whatever)
> 
> 2. Is it a good idea to run FreeBSD 4.5 on a server or should I consider
> some older releases like 4.4 or 4.0?
> 
See if revision 1.11 of sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c fixes the problem.


Cheers,
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