>> Strange things contunue to happen.. If I am on runlevel 1 or
>> in single user mode - such program also causes segfault (just
>> as usual kernel), when I get to runlevel 3 - it hangs and
>> becomes immortal..
>>
>> As far as I remember 2.2.9-xxmdk has several patches applied..
>> What are they? May be this is mandrake kernel misconfiguration?
>>
>> Another strange thing: on runlevel 3 such program causes core dump
>> (at least it tries to do it, but core is 0 bytes), on runlevel 2
>> or S - does not, only Segmentation Fault message.
>>
>> This is really potential exploit.
>> simple example: any user can write a program that simply allocates 100
meg
>> of memory, and no one can kill it. Or a program that allocates 1 meg of
>> memory, and then run it hundred times..
>>
>Hm, maybe I missed something here, but why don't you just build a new
kernel on
>your own?
Well, It is not a problem of mine - I can build any kernel I like.
This is a problem of default madrake 6.0 kernel.
Regards,
Konstantin.
