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Debugging a Linux network stack crash via a single register value
It’s not every day that you get to debug what may well be a packet of death. It was certainly the first time for me. What do I mean by “a packet of death”? A software bug where the network stack crashes in reaction to a single received network packet, taking down the whole operating system with it.
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Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2021
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2021 | Debugging a Linux network stack crash via a single register value by jgrahamc | 299 | 27 |
