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matthew green wrote:

>                  NetBSD Security Advisory 1999-008
>                  =================================
> 
> Topic:		Kernel hang or panic in name lookup under certain circumstances
> Version:	NetBSD 1.3.X, NetBSD-current to 19990409, and
> 			early versions of NetBSD-1.4_ALPHA
> Severity:	In later versions of -current and in 1.4_ALPHA, unprivileged
> 			users can panic the system.
> 
> Abstract
> ========
> 
> Unprivileged users can trigger a file-system locking error, causing the
> system to panic or hang.  The following command sequence will trigger
> the vulnerability:
> 
> 	% ln -s ./ test
> 	% ln -s ./ test

I don't get this problem with my 1.3.{almost4} pmax, either on a local
ffs filesystem or an nfs filesystem.  Is this a "guaranteed to happen
every time" problem?

Simon.