Subject: kern/8994: 'ping' on eon0 crashes the system
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <smb@pueblo.research.att.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/15/1999 13:06:50
>Number: 8994
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: 'ping' on eon0 crashes the system
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 15 13:06:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Steven M. Bellovin
>Organization:
>Release: Comdex snapshot
>Environment:
System: NetBSD pueblo.research.att.com 1.4M NetBSD 1.4M (PUEBLO) #2: Wed Dec 15 15:47:15 EST 1999 smb@pueblo.research.att.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PUEBLO i386
>Description:
Attempting to use the eon0 interface can crash the system.
This latest time, at least, there was no core dump; however,
the machine did reboot. The problem is reproducible.
>How-To-Repeat:
# ifconfig eon0 192.168.1.1
# ping 192.168.1.2
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: