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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:19:32 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        wdmgds <wdmgds@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *bsd crashes/freezes/hangs on local user xploit 
Message-ID:  <199909110419.WAA12313@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:21:27 %2B0200." <Pine.BSI.4.10.9909101717140.1525-100000@xs3.xs4all.nl> 
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.10.9909101717140.1525-100000@xs3.xs4all.nl>  

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In message <Pine.BSI.4.10.9909101717140.1525-100000@xs3.xs4all.nl> wdmgds writes:
: compile this code snipplet and wheep ...
: it crashed and mutilated our 227 and 3x boxen..
: BSDi4 just freezes a couple of seconds,

Short answer: We're working on it.

Longer answer:  This is a hard bug to fix due to the nature of error
handling in the code around it.

I'm not involved in fixing it, just keeping track of the progress from
time to time.

Warner


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