Re: local users can panic linux kernel (was: SuSE syslogd advisory)

[alan () LXORGUK UKUU ORG UK (Alan Cox)]

> Taking a guess, I would say that the panic is caused by instability of
> the linux select() implementation, and could therefore be abused in other
> programs that manage an unlimited amount of connections using the select
> syscall.

its an old bug in 2.0 kernels with garbage collection on Unix domain sockets
if you bumped the number up above the default. I believe 2.2 (certainly
all modern 2.2) and 2.3 should be immune to this.

Alan