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64 bit Solaris 7 procfs bug

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Toomas Soome)
Wed Mar 10 14:49:50 1999

Date: 	Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:17:19 +0200
Reply-To: Toomas Soome <tsoome@UT.EE>
From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@UT.EE>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG

hi!

there is bug with 64 bit solaris 7 procfs, every [nonprivileged] user can
crash computer with command 'more /proc/self/psinfo'. Tested with UE3000,
U10, UE450. This bug has been reported to Sun, with no response.

toomas soome
Tartu University, Estonia
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