On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 19:03 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > reassign 690504 src:linux > forcemerge 690505 690504 > quit > > Hi Ben, > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > mail user wrote: > > >> plugging in a fake (128 that later turned out to be just 2Gb) flashdrive > >> in the usb port, dd it to /dev/null, ctrl-c, dd zeroes to it, ctrl-c, > >> dd unresponsive to ctrl-c > [...] > >> then > >> rmmod -f usb-storage > >> > >> then > >> unplug the flashdrive > [...] > >> [...] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa05b9020 > [...] > > You cannot expect the kernel to work after forcing module removal. > > Agreed, but isn't the initial uninterruptible dd hang a (hardware or > software) bug?
We know the external hardware is (deliberately) broken. Since the result is not a privilege escalation, I don't see any reason to care about it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The world is coming to an end. Please log off.
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