Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:51:26 GMT From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/72680: (Kernel Panic) FreeBSD 5.3 Does not survive fork bombing Message-ID: <200410141051.i9EApQIu072019@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200410141100.i9EB0cG5083618@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72680
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: (Kernel Panic) FreeBSD 5.3 Does not survive fork bombing
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 14 11:00:38 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Nikolas Britton
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7
>Organization:
>Environment:
Stock FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 ISO i386 Disk1
>Description:
FreeBSD does not survive fork bombing (cannot recover the system) and panics about 15 minutes into the event complaining about swapoff. To me this seems like a regression in system stability because 4.x can easily survive this same attack.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run this in a sh shell :(){ :|:& };:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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