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2004 May 07
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Fwd: [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_map.c]
...2:37:35AM -0800, Tim J. Robbins wrote:
> +> tjr 2004/03/23 00:37:34 PST
> +>
> +> FreeBSD src repository
> +>
> +> Modified files:
> +> sys/vm vm_map.c
> +> Log:
> +> Do not copy vm_exitingcnt to the new vmspace in vmspace_exec(). Copying
> +> it led to impossibly high values in the new vmspace, causing it to never
> +> drop to 0 and be freed.
>
> How serious it is? Do you planning to MFC it to RELENG_4 with peter@'s
> patch of course?
A user can cause the kernel to allocate an unbounded amo...