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1998 Jun 04
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Linux DoS attack through autoprobing
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The autodetection routines for some linux modules can tie up the
machine for several seconds at a time. By trying to open devices not
present on the machine, a local user can disrupt service considerably.
A very simple exploit is
victim$ ls /dev/*/*
repeatedly.
A suggested fix is to remove or chmod 0 device nodes for hardware
not installed on the