Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:16 +0100 From: alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer) To: Charlie Root <iasenkk@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/23740: kernel DoS tha could be executed by any user Message-ID: <20001222173716.C2743@cichlids.cichlids.com> In-Reply-To: <200012221120.eBMBK2653894@freefall.freebsd.org>; from iasenkk@hotmail.com on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 03:20:02AM -0800 References: <200012221120.eBMBK2653894@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Thus spake Charlie Root (iasenkk@hotmail.com): > OK for user limits let it be so , but memory allocation ? > And FreeBSD 4.0 doesn't do it that way (just table is full or some > thing) and nothing more > no panic no lockups that could beak up your file system. fork() should return EAGAIN or ENOMEM. The kernel shouldn't panic. This is a bug. Alex -- cat: /home/alex/.sig: No such file or directory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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