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Date:      Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:56:02 +0100
From:      Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET>
To:        Uwe Doering <gemini@geminix.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vnode_pager_putpages errors and DOS? [5-STABLE, too]
Message-ID:  <20041124165602.GK65645@e-Gitt.NET>
In-Reply-To: <41A20D78.3080704@geminix.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041009150440.93055O-100000@fledge.watson.org> <4168578F.7060706@geminix.org> <20041103191641.K63546@is.park.rambler.ru> <4189666A.9020500@geminix.org> <20041104124616.S92154@is.park.rambler.ru> <418BEBC2.3020304@geminix.org> <20041122144851.GE62928@e-Gitt.NET> <41A20D78.3080704@geminix.org>

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Hi.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 05:02:00PM +0100, Uwe Doering wrote:
> With the attached test program you'll probably find out soon whether PR 
> and fix apply to RELENG_5 (and possibly above) as well.  Please keep us 
> posted.

I was able to DoS the machine (non-root user!) on 5-STABLE as of today 
without the patch with your program.

With the patch applied to 5-STABLE the machine keeps responsive and is 
running fine.

So, please committers, commit this fix to 5-STABLE and 4-STABLE!

- Oliver

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