Subject: Re: Re: A reliable kernel panic (3.6.2) and system crash when visiting a particular website

From: Pavel Machek <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:32:28 +0200

On Sat 2012-10-20 17:41:49, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2012, Borislav Petkov wrote: 
> 
> > Yeah, your kernel is tainted with a proprietary module (vbox*, etc). Can
> > you reproduce your corruptions (this is what it looks like) without that
> > module?
> 
> Yes, I can reproduce this panic with zero proprietary/non-free modules loaded.
> 
> The problem is the kernel doesn't even print a kernel panic - the
> system just freezes completely - cursor in a text console stops
> blinking.

bugtraq? :-).

If remote website can crash your Linux, that's quite significant news.

(Cc-ed netdev@ and security@ ... this may be important).
									Pavel

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