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"New Kernel Crash-Exploit discovered

Published 2004-06-11 by xiando, v2.1.4, last updated 2004-06-13.
A bug lets a simple C program crash the kernel, effectively locking the whole system. Affects both 2.4.2x and 2.6.x kernels on the x86 architecture."