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Re: Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to

From: Alan Cox <alan () lxorguk ukuu org uk>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:39:35 +0100 (BST)

check to prevent such large sizes from crashing X and/or the X Font
Server, I'm alarmed by (1) the way the X font server allows itself to be
crashed like this, and (2) the way the entire Linux kernel seems to have
been unable to handle the situation. While having a central company or


So turn on the features to conrol it. Set rlimits on the xfs server and 
enable non overcommit (-ac kernel)

Alan

Current thread:

remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Tom (Jun 10)
- Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Stijn Jonker (Jun 11)
  - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Mikael Olsson (Jun 11)
  - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Tom (Jun 11)
    - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Andreas Beck (Jun 11)
    - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 John C. Welch (Jun 11)
  - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Jakub Bogusz (Jun 11)
- Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to a Halt (was: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0) Federico Sevilla III (Jun 13)
  - Re: Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to Alan Cox (Jun 13)
    - rlimits and non overcommit (was: Very large font size ...) Federico Sevilla III (Jun 13)
  - Re: Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to a Halt (was: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0) rjh (Jun 13)
  - Re: Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to a Halt (was: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0) Rob Mayoff (Jun 13)
  - Re: Very large font size crashing X Font Server and Grounding Server to a Halt (was: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0) Matthew Wakeling (Jun 13)
- RE: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Keith Warno (Jun 13)
  - Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Tom (Jun 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Jon Keating (Jun 11)
- Re: Re: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 0xFF (Jun 11)
- RE: remote DoS in Mozilla 1.0 Jon Keating (Jun 13)