Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267520AbTGHSgD (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:36:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267521AbTGHSgD (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:36:03 -0400 Received: from h24-78-210-69.ss.shawcable.net ([24.78.210.69]:12 "HELO discworld.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267520AbTGHSf6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:35:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:55:20 -0600 From: Charles Cazabon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Forking shell bombs Message-ID: <20030708125520.B27956@discworld.dyndns.org> References: <20030708184537.GJ1030@dbz.icequake.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030708184537.GJ1030@dbz.icequake.net>; from nemesis-lists@icequake.net on Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 01:45:37PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 797 Lines: 18 Ryan Underwood wrote: > > [Fork bomb] and watch linux die. (2.4.21 stock) That's what per-user process limits are for. Doesn't matter if it's a shellscript or something else; any system without limits set is vulnerable. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/