[1266] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
[linux-security] Re: kernel bug -> security problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M Shariful Anam)
Fri Oct 25 08:51:28 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 03:27:23 +0600 (GMT+0600)
From: M Shariful Anam <shuman@triton.kaifnet.com>
To: pderosa@mbox.vol.it
Cc: Jacek Radajewski <jacek@usq.edu.au>, linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu,
Linux Security <linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961024153308.304K-100000@Lothlorien.org>
On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 pderosa@mbox.vol.it wrote:
> > > I've just received e-mail about a bug in the kernel which causes linux
> > > to reboot when the following ping is issued from windowz 95 : "ping -l
> > > 65510 linux.box.IP.address" .. I tried it and sure enough linux dies
> > > quickly and without any warning ...
> >
> > Sorry for a late reply, but I just tested this on our LAN, from Win95 to
> > linux 1.2.13 and it doesn't crash.
>
> Maybe it happens on newer kernels ?
That is my question. Has anyone faced this trouble with Linux kernel <
2.x.x?
[REW: I also see different behaviour than what a friend of mine sees,
and we are both running > 2.0.20 kernels]
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M Shariful Anam <shuman@kaifnet.com>
Kaifnet Services -- Bangladesh
