Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-20 Thread Christian Kujau
hi again, sorry for the delay, but the bug triggers only when the remote peer disconnects me - and it does it only once a day. Marco d'Itri wrote: reassign 299875 kernel retitle 299875 CAN-2005-0384: Remote Linux DoS on ppp servers tag 299875 patch security yes, it really looks like a pppd

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-20 Thread Justin Pryzby
Okay. Do I correctly understand that kernel patch + downgrade solves your problem? And, if you have *just* the kernel patch, /usr/sbin/pppd hangs, but doesn't crash the system? Thanks, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-20 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 20, Christian Kujau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - pppd tries to re-establish the connection, says Starting link in the logfile [1] and then just hangs. Weird. Maybe you hit something like #298657 and the other similar bugs. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-20 Thread Christian Kujau
Justin Pryzby wrote: Okay. Do I correctly understand that kernel patch + downgrade solves your problem? i don't even have to patch the kernel. i tried with 2.6.11-rc5-bk2, same thing. but (only!) downgrading ppp_2.4.2 (current is ppp_2.4.3) did the trick. And, if you have *just* the kernel

Processed: Re: Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 299875 kernel Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer Bug reassigned from package `ppp' to `kernel'. retitle 299875 CAN-2005-0384: Remote Linux DoS on ppp servers Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-17 Thread Marco d'Itri
reassign 299875 kernel retitle 299875 CAN-2005-0384: Remote Linux DoS on ppp servers tag 299875 patch security thanks Paul Mackerras says that this bug affects all kernels (2.4 and 2.6) and can be easily triggered remotely, but is only a CPU DoS. from 2.6.11.4: diff -Nru

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-17 Thread Christian Kujau
Justin Pryzby wrote: I assume that you have seen this: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.4 yes i have*now*. obviously this was a security issue (CAN-2005-0384) and i *guess* that's why the issue was not discussed in public. what pity and what a waste of time in

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-16 Thread Christian
Package: ppp Version: 2.4.2+20040428-6 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system hello pppeople, i've encountered serious problems with pppd and days of monitoring the issues lead me to the assumption that pppd is to blame. feel free to tell me otherwise and i'll happily forward

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-16 Thread Justin Pryzby
I assume that you have seen this: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.4 If not .. tag patch:) In less than 100 lines, even! Justin On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 02:54:56AM +0100, Christian wrote: Package: ppp Version: 2.4.2+20040428-6 Severity: critical Justification:

Bug#299875: ppp: out-of-memory 30min after LCP terminated by peer

2005-03-16 Thread Justin Pryzby
Including a patch from kernel.org. Given the size of the patch, you may not trust it, but that's what I got .. http://www.kernel.org/diff/diffview.cgi?file=%2Fpub%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fv2.6%2Fpatch-2.6.11.4.bz2;z=15 If I understand the situation correctly, this needs to be reassigned and cloned to