Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 05:30:02 -0700 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@morton.cdrom.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: kern/376: tcpdump seems to cause spontaneous reboots Message-ID: <199505021230.FAA03186@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 2 May 1995 05:24:01 -0700 <199505021224.FAA12380@morton.cdrom.com>
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>Number: 376 >Category: kern >Synopsis: tcpdump seems to cause spontaneous reboots >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 2 05:30:01 1995 >Originator: Gary J Palmer >Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development i386 >Environment: Any machine with a relatively recent kernel and the bpf compiled into the kernel on an active network. >Description: tcpdump seems to cause random reboots on active IP networks. At least 3 different machines on WC's ethernets have suffered from this bug in the last week. Using a filter seems to cause the bug to occur more rapidly. (Judging from what David Greenman said last week in a different context the bpf when used by tcpdump is causing a kernel stack overflow). >How-To-Repeat: tcpdump >Fix: Unknown. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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