Re: local DDOS? Kernel panic when accessing /proc/ioports

[Chris Wright]

* Martin Loschwitz (madkiss@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I just ran into the following problem: Having updated my box to 2.6.12.3, 
> I tried to start YaST2 and noticed a kernel panic (see below). Some quick
> debugging brought the result that the kernel crashes while some user (not
> even root ...) tries to access /proc/ioports. Is this a known problem and
> if so, is a fix available?

First I've heard of it.  I can't trigger here with simple cat
/proc/ioports.  Must be specific to your setup.  What was the last
working kernel, and what's that ioport output look like?

thanks,
-chris
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