On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 18:01 -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote: > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 12:07:10AM +0200, Matthias et Laura wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a problem with my smbd daemon, on a hardened linux from scratch > > server : > > kernel 2.6.24.6 > > glibc 2.3.6 with fstack protector > > grsecurity 2.1.8 patch > > gcc 3.4.5 with stack smashing protector > > samba 3.0.22 > > > > When starting smbd, I do not have any problem, the daemon is running, > > but all his childs die. > > I have the following log message, repeated several times : > > smbd: stack smashing attack in function open_sockets_smbd() > > > > So it seems that the open_sockets_smbd function does something that the > > stack smashing protection find weird. > > Do you have any idea ? > > More details please. What is the "stack smashing protector" and > what does it do ?
One of the many "security" techniques to prevent stack overflow attacks IIRC. A couple of pointers from a quick search on the mighty Google from better explanations http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack-smashing_protection -- Simo Sorce Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
