Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:36:25 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: procfs pre-2.1.90-2 Oops, bug in proc_delete_dentry or proc_delete_inode or something , similar |
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >> I am able to reproduce the Oops in several manners. I simply insmod a >> module that create a bit complex proc directory (for example parport_pc), >> then I chdir to it and remove and insmod again the module while I joke >> with chdir and ls. > >It's easier than that: > > rm -rf /proc > >does the trick just fine :-)
With the difference that this can be run only by root. loading/unloading a module can be done by kmod as well and an user can walk on /proc in the meantime.
Andrea[s] Arcangeli
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