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  1. Bug #6817
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 6817

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:27:18 +0200
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: kernel-image: user application can hang the kernel

Package: kernel-image-2.4.26-i386
Version: 2.4.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security

The message
<URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108681568931323&w=2>
on linux-kernel report that a simple C program available from
<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15905> is able to
hang the kernel hard.

I tested the program on a machine running the kernel from the debian
archive, and it was able to hang the machine completely.