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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:45:00 -0400
From:      Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Jeff Gentry <freebsd@hexdump.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Should I be concerned?
Message-ID:  <20010724104500.B42475@peitho.fxp.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107241052500.3445-100000@hellfire.hexdump.org>; from freebsd@hexdump.org on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:53:01AM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107241052500.3445-100000@hellfire.hexdump.org>

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On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:53:01AM -0400, Jeff Gentry wrote:
> Hi there ...
>=20
> I noticed this in my /var/log/messages yesterday:
> Jul 23 13:03:24 hellfire /kernel: pid 279 (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 10
> (core dumped)
>=20
> Specifically, a sh w/ uid 0 core dumping didn't sit well with me.
>=20
> I can't find anything in the various other logs that is at all
> "funny" within a few minutes of that - which is not at all out of the
> ordinary as there isn't much traffic on this machine.
>=20
> Signal 10 is a bus error, right?
>=20
> Are there any exploits out there currently which would generate a SIGBUS
> like that?  Or would this be indiciative of failing hardware somehwere?
>=20

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:42.signal.a=
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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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