Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 14:50:01 -0800 (PST) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: i386/5174: kbdcontrol(1) can easily crash system Message-ID: <199711302250.OAA11672@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/5174; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: dada@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: i386/5174: kbdcontrol(1) can easily crash system Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 07:47:35 +0900 >>Number: 5174 >>Category: i386 >>Synopsis: kbdcontrol(1) can easily crash system >>Confidential: yes >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 29 02:00:00 PST 1997 >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Martin Kammerhofer >>Organization: >Graz University of Technology >>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 >>Environment: > >syscons driver configured in kernel (as usual) > >>Description: > >Setting history buffer size to an unusual large number reboots the system. > >Impact: Anyone with access to a /dev/ttyv? can crash the system. Fortunately > this (usually) requires physical access to the console where you could > press the big red button as well... This has been fixed in v1.235 of 3.0-CURRENT and v.1.182.2.27 of 2.2-STABLE. Kazu
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