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, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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