Bug#300264: marked as done (forkbomb takes down system)
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Package: kernel-image
Version: 2.6.*
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/308
http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/fork-bomb.html
A simple shell script containing the line "$0 & $0 &" run by an
unprivileged user can lock up the system hardcore. Not good.
Jiann-Ming Su
"Yeah, Lois, that'll be about as much fun as a lecture on
ontological empiricism." --Peter Griffin
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- To: 300264-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: forkbomb takes down system
- From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:14:44 +0100
- Message-id: <20080105211444.GU17624@stro.at>
learn to set limits, see /etc/security/limits.conf
closing as not kernel trouble
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maks
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