Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Forking shell bombs | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 Jul 2003 23:01:21 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2003-07-08 at 19:55, Charles Cazabon wrote: > Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@icequake.net> 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.
In general turning on vm overcommit protection on a -ac tree should be sufficient - per user limits are better
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