Quoting christianha (christianha1...@aon.at): > Package: smbfs > Version: 2:3.2.5-4lenny13 > Severity: critical > Tags: security > Justification: breaks unrelated software
Really? > > 1. sudo apt-get install smbfs > 2. sudo /usr/sbin/adduser nagios > 3. sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G nagios nagios > 4. while true; do mkdir -p /tmp/mnt_10.0.0.2/test$ && smbmount > //10.0.0.2/test$ /tmp/mnt_10.0.0.2/test$ -o > password=asdfasdf,uid=nagios,gid=nagios,ro >> /dev/null& done > 5. wait approximately 10 seconds > 6. Strg+C > 7. ps aux (You will see lots of processes called /sbin/mount.cifs.) > 8. you can.t reboot system > > Solution is to install linux-image-amd64 (>=2.6.32+25) from deb > http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free Then, the problem is very likely in the kernel, don't you think? (more specifically in the kernel driver for cifs) And that problem is only happening in lenny kernels. So, imho, appropriate actions: downgrade severity to important reassign to kernel mark as fixed in whatever kernel version is above the one in lenny
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