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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:55:40 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        wdmgds <wdmgds@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *bsd crashes/freezes/hangs on local user xploit
Message-ID:  <37D9704C.CE395DC4@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.10.9909101717140.1525-100000@xs3.xs4all.nl>

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wdmgds wrote:
> 
> Dear /etc
> 
> compile this code snipplet and wheep ...
> it crashed and mutilated our 227 and 3x boxen..
> BSDi4 just freezes a couple of seconds,

It nailed 3.1-RELEASE on (I think) the 4th trip through the while loop, on 
the first write.  I can't test on my -CURRENT or -STABLE machines, they're 
both being used at the moment.

Nothing about the code looks nefarious.  Are we just creaming buffer space 
in a nasty way?

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
http://softweyr.com/                                           wes@softweyr.com


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