[grsec] Problem with 2.4.33.3 and grsec 2.1.9

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Hi,

Ik looks like we experience the same problem. Random reboots with kernel
2.4.33 and grsecurity (high)

Cheers

Martijn Brinkers

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> bounces at grsecurity.net] On Behalf Of Torbjörn Svensson
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 21:48
> To: grsecurity at grsecurity.net
> Subject: [grsec] Problem with 2.4.33.3 and grsec 2.1.9
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> Hello!
> 
> I have been running grsec enabled kernels (almost the "high" level) 
> for a long time and haven't much of any issue with it, but this 
> weekend my server just rebooted by itself. I weren't at home, and the 
> power didn't get disconnected as my other hosts on the same UPS still got
power.
> 
> I am suspecting a bug in that kernel or in that version of grsec 
> and/or a combination. This is the only thing I have changed on that 
> host for the last month. The strange thing is that _nothing_ got 
> logged. The last message I have seen, before the restart, in my logs were:
> Sep 10 14:41:27 localhost fetchmail[28368]: sleeping at Sun Sep 10
> 14:41:27 2006
> Sep 10 14:43:59 localhost syslogd 1.4.1#17: restart.
> 
> 
> A few weeks ago, a friend told me that one of his servers also got 
> rebooted, and that server was also running a 2.4.33.x kernel with grsec.
> 
> 
> So, my real questions is, are there any known problems with latest 2.4 
> with grsec? Are there going to be any grsec-patches that will work 
> with any of the pre/rc packages of 2.4.34? If so, I could test one of 
> those and see if it reboots with that one too, but the patches for 
> 2.4.33.x won't apply cleanly (some ASM file has changed).
> 
> 
> Thanks for the great job you guys puts in this!
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
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