How to crash a RedHat Linux 6.1 system running raw kernel 2.2.14:
1. NFS mount the tree you wish to turn into a CD-ROM over
a 10baseT network.
2. Set mkisofs running to turn that tree into a local ISO
image. Let its scan of files complete, and wait until it
starts constructing the ISO image (with the % complete
messages).
3. On the system the tree is NFS mounted from, delete or
rename one of the files BEFORE mkisofs gets to it.
Result: mkisofs produces a "can't find file" error message, then locks
solid (such that even `kill -9` doesn't kill it), and Linux itself
becomes unstable. `ps ax` shows a process with name '[mkisofs]' and
state alternating between DW and RW, but nothing can be done with it.
Best wishes from Riley.
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