[grsec] grsec: failed fork with errno -513

[Marc Schiffbauer]

* Brad Spengler schrieb am 15.12.06 um 22:29 Uhr:
> > Dec 15 17:31:53 pluto kernel: grsec: failed fork with errno -513 by \
> >   /usr/sbin/exim4[exim4:12760] uid/euid:108/108 gid/egid:108/108, \
> >   parent /sbin/init[init:1] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0
> 
> What version of grsecurity are you using?  This looks like the same 
> problem reported here:
> http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?p=6030
> which was fixed in the 2.6.17 patch

I am using the 2.6.17 patch... (2.6.17.7 grsec 2.1.9)

Theses messages are very rarely, but I would like to know if there
was something that failed actually or what exactly caused this.. is it a
grsec thing? or is it just grsec that shows an error that otherwise
would never be detected?

> 
> errno 513 is defined in include/linux/errno.h as ERESTARTNOINTR, an 
> error which userland will never actually see.

Hm. You mean that could be a kernel bug?

-Marc
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