[grsec] kdeinit causes scheduling while atomic

Brad Spengler spender at grsecurity.net
Mon Jul 24 17:05:53 EDT 2006


> > -> c01483a5:   e8 a7 ab 0f 00          call   c0242f51 <gr_handle_brute_check>
> 
> spender's bug ;). that function explicitly sleeps if a brute force
> attempt was detected (too many crashes in a given time period),
> which is apparently not the right to do when inside copy_process().

The latest patch in ~spender resolves this issue.

-Brad
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