Re: proclaimed kernel networking bug

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:55:59 +0100 (MET)


On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Jakob Borg wrote:

> Hi... Found this file lying around claiming to exploit an IP overlapping
> fragment bug found in "all linux kernels". ;) Said to be able to kill
> Linux kernels... Is this something known? It seems far to serious not to
> be known and/or fixed. Sorry to bother if that's the case.

I just compiled it and I'm currently testing it.
Note the currently :)

As you see, I'm still writing, and all the kernel says is:

Mar 25 12:53:03 mirkwood kernel: <7>UDP: short packet: 48/28

Plus some 'last message repeated 501 times' :-)

Rik.
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