Re: 2.2.17 --- extreme format string weirdness in /proc

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sat Sep 30 2000 - 10:27:11 EDT

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> : lo:%lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu
> : eth0:%lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu
>
> Probably not right.
>
> This is repeated in other files (I only checked /proc; its
> subdirectories are probably affected too, viz /proc/net/dev above):

It looks like something corrupted the kernel code, and managed to hit a
piece of printk. Im impressed, thats a statistical wonder ;)

Given the patches you have added Im not going to follow it up to look at
(especially given the value of the oops data ;))

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