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Subject: kern/26942: attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash
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>Number:         26942
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 28 21:20:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joseph Mallett
>Release:        4.3-STABLE
>Organization:
xMach Research Group
>Environment:
not available
>Description:
On my machine running 4.3-STABLE using devfs, with a swap device of ad0s2b, attempting to open /dev/rad0s2b using vi or to run strings on it (as root) causes a total crash.
>How-To-Repeat:
sudo vi /dev/rad0s2b
>Fix:
na
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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