Re: nmap UDP scan against 8.0-CURRENT -> fatal trap 12

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Rick Macklem wrote:

>> Initial results are certainly good! :-) Pre-patch, it panicked three times 
>> in a row, as I said within a few seconds. Post-patch I've looped the 
>> simpler scan for a while (10 minutes, or about 8-9 runs) with no crash, and 
>> I also ran the more extensive one (which I doubt makes any difference...) 
>> once. Just for fun, I tried actually using nfsd while looping the scan, 
>> too. No problems.
>> 
> Ok, sounds good. It's already in the re_at_ queue, so it should make it into 
> 8.0. If it does crap out again, please let the list (and me) know.
>
> Thanks for testing the patch, rick ps: Thanks mostly goes to pho_at_ for his 
> "wicked" test scripts that found the crash that the above patch fixes + a 
> bunch of others.

It sounds a bit like we would benefit from some directed RPC fuzzing on the 
NFS client and server.  I wonder if an existing fuzzer could easily be adapted 
to generate RPC-like garbage?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge