Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:58:36 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Eldredge <nge@cs.hmc.edu> To: Philippe PEGON <Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: show stopper for FreeBSD 6 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0511010257360.3147@turing> In-Reply-To: <4366879A.7090603@crc.u-strasbg.fr> References: <4366879A.7090603@crc.u-strasbg.fr>
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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. -- Nate Eldredge nge@cs.hmc.edu
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