Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 23:45:28 -0800 (PST) From: toasty@dragondata.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4917: Bad parameters to ifconfig cause kernel panic Message-ID: <199711020745.XAA06233@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711020750.XAA06498@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4917 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Bad parameters to ifconfig cause kernel panic >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 1 23:50:05 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kevin Day >Organization: DragonData >Release: 2.2.1-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD home.dragondata.com 2.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 25 0 0:27:55 CDT 1997 toasty@home.dragondata.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/HOME i386 >Description: Switching around the words 'inet' and 'alias' cause a kernel panic. >How-To-Repeat: ifconfig ep0 inet alias 204.137.237.1 netmask 0xffffffff instead of ifconfig ep0 alias inet 204.137.237.1 netmask 0xffffffff (or do I have that switched around?) >Fix: Be careful when typing ifconfig commands as root. :) >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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