Re: task_struct slab cache use after free in 2.5.66

From: Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@linuxpower.ca)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 01:25:01 EST


On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> I didn't send a patch. One thing I noticed from reading zwane's bug
> report is that the reference count of the task structure was off by at
> least 3:
>
> __detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID)
>
> failed because the task structure was already filled with slab poison.

Ok i'm going to give Andrew's debug patch a go.

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