Public bug reported: According to Debian Bug 559035 ( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559035 ) latest hardy kernel amd64 version is affected from same bug.
this can be reproduced by launching $ for ((i = 0; i <= 100000; i++)); do exim4 -bV || break; done > /dev/null; echo "last: $i" the machine isn't affected anymore by setting $ sudo sysctl kernel/randomize_va_space=0 so the problem is process address space randomization. Here's the commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=80938332d8cf652f6b16e0788cf0ca136befe0b5 Please evaluate it, it's a serious bug. --Sergio ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: - According to Debian Bug #559035 latest hardy kernel amd64 version is + According to Debian Bug 559035 ( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- + bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559035 ) latest hardy kernel amd64 version is affected from same bug. - this can be reproduced by launching + this can be reproduced by launching $ for ((i = 0; i <= 100000; i++)); do exim4 -bV || break; done > /dev/null; echo "last: $i" the machine isn't affected anymore by setting $ sudo sysctl kernel/randomize_va_space=0 so the problem is process address space randomization. Here's the commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=80938332d8cf652f6b16e0788cf0ca136befe0b5 Please evaluate it, it's a serious bug. --Sergio -- Random segfaults with linux-image-2.6.24-26-xen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
