Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:19:30 -0800 (PST) | From | Ryan Moore <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.0 SECURITY (OK with Lib C 5) |
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Dan Burcaw wrote: > > There is a bug that works only on the 2.2.0 kernel that will allow root > and non-root users to crash the machine (the system reboots). > > Take any core file, and as normal user or root run: ldd core > > The machine will reboot, saying that it cannot get execution permissions > for ./core
Guess this is a glibc anomally. I can't reproduce it on my machine.
> cat dump.c main() { int *a = 0;
*a = 1; }
> ./dump Segmentation fault (core dumped) > ls -l core -rw------- 1 rmoore users 253952 Jan 26 23:13 core
> ldd core (nothing happens)
ldd version 1.8.5 lib c version 5.4.38
-------------------------------- Ryan Moore rmoore@rmoore.i.seawood.org
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