Re: 2.2.x autofs bug, socket bug in 2.4.test4

From: Hajime Inoue (hinoue@cs.unm.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 23:09:16 EDT

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    > From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
    >
    > By author: Hajime Inoue <hinoue@cs.unm.edu>
    >>
    >> I have an exploit, included at the bottom of this message, that breaks
    >> autofs in the 2.2 series (tested against 2.2.14 and 2.2.16) and locks
    >> up 2.4.0-test4.

    > autofs or autofs 4? Which version of the daemon *AND* filesystem are
    > you using?

    With 2.2, I've tested against 3.1.1 and 3.1.4. I've observed the problem
    when trying to mount nfs.

    A remote system running 2.4.0-test4 need not be running autofs for the
    system to lock up.

    -Jim. <hinoue@cs.unm.edu>

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