Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:52:34 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alistair Riddell <> | Subject | Re: Definition of Kernel BUG |
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On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Royans K Tharakan wrote: > What is a Kernel BUG ?? > > I don't know whether this should be here atall. > > To Begin with, is it a bug to hang the machine, even > if I actually intended to do it. Which means that > is it technically possible to hang a perfect bug-free > linux machine even from root. I know one can't get > bug free system, but I wish to know whether 2.0.32 > is buggy just because I can make it hang with root access.
I don't think you can call a kernel buggy because root can crash it - by its very nature, root can do anything.
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/kmem is always going to do nasty things as root, securelevels aside.
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