From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Dec 22 8:37:46 2000 From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 08:37:45 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com (mailout00.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72AAF37B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 08:37:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from fwd06.sul.t-online.com by mailout00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 149VCR-0003yn-02; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:43 +0100 Received: from neutron.cichlids.com (520050424122-0001@[62.225.195.200]) by fmrl06.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 149VC0-2KtfnsC; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:16 +0100 Received: from cichlids.cichlids.com (cichlids.cichlids.com [192.168.0.10]) by neutron.cichlids.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063F7AB0C; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by cichlids.cichlids.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EA43814A72; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:16 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:37:16 +0100 To: Charlie Root Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/23740: kernel DoS tha could be executed by any user Message-ID: <20001222173716.C2743@cichlids.cichlids.com> References: <200012221120.eBMBK2653894@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012221120.eBMBK2653894@freefall.freebsd.org>; from iasenkk@hotmail.com on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 03:20:02AM -0800 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 44 28 CA 4C 46 5B D3 A8 A8 E3 BA F3 4E 60 7D 7F X-PGP-at: finger alex@big.endian.de X-Verwirrung: Dieser Header dient der allgemeinen Verwirrung. From: alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer) X-Sender: 520050424122-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thus spake Charlie Root (iasenkk@hotmail.com): > OK for user limits let it be so , but memory allocation ? > And FreeBSD 4.0 doesn't do it that way (just table is full or some > thing) and nothing more > no panic no lockups that could beak up your file system. fork() should return EAGAIN or ENOMEM. The kernel shouldn't panic. This is a bug. Alex -- cat: /home/alex/.sig: No such file or directory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message