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Subject: kern/53627: Zsh fork bomb panicks kernel. 
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>Number:         53627
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Zsh fork bomb panicks kernel.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun 23 01:40:13 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     William Fletcher
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
EPWeb Networks, South Africa. 
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tulip.epweb.co.za 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Wed Jun 11 10:09:55 SAST 2003 root@tulip.epweb.co.za:/usr/src/sys/compile/TULIP i386


>Description:
	Typing :(){:|:};: at zsh prompt will cause machine to panic. 	
>How-To-Repeat:
	See Description. 
>Fix:
	A great workaround would be to not fork bomb ones system. :-) 
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: