Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:59:59 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [oops] lib/vsprintf.c |
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>> Yes, I known. I did it intentionally. >> IMHO kernel should be more resistant to accidental programmers errors. >> Be secure, trust no one ;) > >ACK. Therefore the kernel oopses, rendering the machine useless for the >moment and forces the programmer to look for the bug.
And thanks to the "stupidity" of the >> poster, the Debian Group found out that their box was h4x0r3d when the machine oopsed repeatedly. :-)
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