Re: Kernel Panic (fwd)

Doug Crompton (wa3dsp@marconi.crompton.com)
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 22:49:07 -0500 (EST)

Below is just one of several replies that I got to my original message
all pointing to this problem. Thanks to all that replied. I am compiling
2.0.33.

Does this problem exist with ALL kernels prior to 2.0.32? Does it effect
the 1.2.x versions?

Doug

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 20:32:30 +0100 (MET)
From: Tomasz Motylewski <motyl@stan.chemie.unibas.ch>
To: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp@marconi.crompton.com>
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Doug Crompton wrote:

> The error is
>
> kernel panic skpush: under 001407b8:13340884 in swapper
> task - not syncing

This is probably "teardrop" attack - someone has sent a special packet
causing linux kernel to crash. This is fixed in kernels starting from 2.0.32.
Upgrade to 2.0.33.

Regards,

--
Tomasz Motylewski