[CentOS] trouble with crash utility

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 07/04/2013 01:20 AM, Keith Keller wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently had an issue where, running kernel 2.6.32-358.11.1, the box
> would be up for about five minutes, then would crash and reboot.  kdump
> saved the vmcore files, so I was hoping to run crash against them to see
> why this was occurring.  I copied the vmcores to another machine,
> installed the kernel-debuginfo package, and gave it a try, but had no
> success:
>
>

That kernel has potential kernel leak that could produce DoS attack. For 
now revert back to earlier kernel and wait for 2.6.32-358.11.2 or later. 
Do that even if you do not suspect DoS attack.

If problem repeats on older or later kernel, then you this investigate 
further.


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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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