Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Jacek Bochenek) | Subject | Re: kernel bug -> security problem | Date | Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:09:55 +0100 |
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In article posted Thu, 24 Oct 1996 Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> wrote:
>>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 ? > > Well, trying it here with 2.0.22 on the machine didn't cause any trouble. > The ping requests timed out, but other than that nothing bad happened.
I've tried it on kernel 2.0.22 and it reboots the system. Time to get the patch.
Jacek. --- Jacek Bochenek | jacek@coig.katowice.pl | "Smile, tomorrow will be worse!"
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