Re: BIG PROBLEM

[Ralf Baechle]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:35:14PM -0400, Ryan W. Maple wrote:

> Check out:  http://bugs.debian.org/85478
> 
>   "When klogd's LogLine() function encounters a null byte in state
>    PARSING_TEXT, it will loop infinitely.  More precisely, copyin()
>    will treat the null byte as a delimiter - unlike LogLine(), which
>    will invoke copyin() ever and ever again."
> 
> Kinda off-topic, but I just wanted to prove that the bug was in klogd and
> not the kernel. :)

The kernel definately shouldn't communicate with the user using NUL chars.

  Ralf