Bug#467508: kernel oops with screen and networked application

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:37:59AM +0100, Wil van Lierop wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-486
> Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> 
> Prerequisites: Running a so called screen under root user simultane 
> with a screen session under a non-priviliged user containing a
> networked 
> application that has a reasonable quantity of open connections will 
> cause a kernel oops on all 2.6.18-6, 2.6.22-x, 2.6.23-x but not 2.6.24-1
> on
> as far as i know x86 architecture. Changing from the i686 flavor to i486
> flavor
> has no influence.
> 
> Testcondition: Run btlaunchmanycurses within a non-priviliged user 
> screen session along with a root users screen session with enough
> connections handled by btlaunchmanycurses.

Can you confirm that this bug no longer occurs if you run the 
2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html

Cheers,
        Moritz