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Re: [linux-security] Re: kernel bug -> security problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick S. Harby)
Sat Oct 26 07:43:04 1996
From: "Rick S. Harby" <rharby@eznet.net>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961025032651.23111B-100000@triton.kaifnet.com> from "M Shariful Anam" at Oct 25, 96 03:27:23 am
>
> 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]
>
I have seen it crash a box running lower versions, but I have seen
it not crash boxes which use ifconfig to set a max packet size. We
informed a client of ours about the bug, and attempted to demonstrate it
on his Linux box with no luck, and latter found it was his unique ifconfig
which prevented it from affecting the system.
-Rick
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