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Date:      Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:26:43 +0100
From:      Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Csaba Henk <csaba-ml@creo.hu>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Easy DoS
Message-ID:  <20051216172643.7cb10a57@TP51.local>
In-Reply-To: <20051216151016.GE84442@deviant.zoral.local>
References:  <20051216133448.GA10382@beastie.creo.hu> <20051216151016.GE84442@deviant.zoral.local>

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Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 02:34:48PM +0100, Csaba Henk wrote:
> > Do
> >=20
> > echo 'main() { write(1, 0, 1); }' > edos.c
> > gcc -o edos edos.c
> > ./edos | cat
> >=20
> > ... and now the edos process gets stuck in the write syscall,
> > unkillably, keeping the CPU spinning. (Seen on my 6.0-RELEASE and
> > 7.0-CURRENT boxen.)
> >=20
> > Is it a bug or a feature?
> >=20
> > Csaba
>=20
> Sure, it is a bug :).
>=20
> Please, try the following patch (against 7-CURRENT,
> shall work for 6-STABLE too):
>=20
> --- src-pristine/sys/kern/sys_pipe.c    Mon Jul 11 11:33:58 2005
> +++ src-quotas/sys/kern/sys_pipe.c      Fri Dec 16 17:03:01 2005
> @@ -1176,6 +1176,8 @@
>                                         ("Pipe buffer overflow"));
>                         }
>                         pipeunlock(wpipe);
> +                       if (error !=3D 0)
> +                               break;
>                 } else {
>                         /*
>                          * If the "read-side" has been blocked, wake
> it up now.

The patch fixed the bug for 5.4-STABLE.

Fabian
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http://www.fabiankeil.de/

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