Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:00:49 +0100 From: Philippe PEGON <Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr> To: Nate Eldredge <nge@cs.hmc.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: show stopper for FreeBSD 6 Message-ID: <4367C971.5070400@crc.u-strasbg.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0511010257360.3147@turing> References: <4366879A.7090603@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0511010257360.3147@turing>
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Nate Eldredge wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Philippe PEGON wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I know that it's a bit late for FreeBSD 6 release, but I think this >> issue is a significant problem for FreeBSD : >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/83375 >> >> our productions servers with FreeBSD 5.4 reboots every week with this >> panic and we are not alone. We hoped that FreeBSD 6 would have solved >> this problem after this thread on freebsd-stable : >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-stable/2005-June/016154.html >> >> >> I have just tested with FreeBSD 6-RC1 and the problem remains here. >> Moreover, I think it's also a security issue because a single user, with >> a shell account on an FreeBSD SMP box, could trigger a panic with a >> simple shell script like that one (posted by Marc Olzheim in PR 83375), >> it's annoying particularly in a multi-user environment : > > > I am looking at this. I have a good idea what the problem is and will > update tomorrow. I'll be happy to test some patchs if that can help. -- Philippe PEGON
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