Messages in this thread |  | | From | pderosa@mbox ... | Date | Thu, 24 Oct 1996 15:33:44 +0100 (MET) | Subject | Re: kernel bug -> security problem |
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, M Shariful Anam wrote:
> > I've just received e-mail about a bug in the kernel which causes linux > > to reboot when the following ping is issued from windowz 95 : "ping -l > > 65510 linux.box.IP.address" .. I tried it and sure enough linux dies > > quickly and without any warning ... > > Sorry for a late reply, but I just tested this on our LAN, from Win95 to > linux 1.2.13 and it doesn't crash. Maybe it happens on newer kernels ?
Ciao. Pierluigi (mithrandir@Lothlorien.org). |-> e-mail: pderosa@mbox.vol.it / pierluigi.de.rosa@giuda.deis.unical.it <-|
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