Re: kernel panic [linux 2.2.19-7] on UDP scan CP4.1-SP5

From: Blue Boar (BlueBoar@thievco.com)
Date: 11/14/01 

Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:34:11 -0800
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar@thievco.com>
Subject: Re: kernel panic [linux 2.2.19-7] on UDP scan CP4.1-SP5
To: Yanek Korff <yanek@cigital.com>
Message-id: <3BF29D03.B30DE830@thievco.com>

Yanek Korff wrote:
>
> I'm testing out CP4.1 SP5 on Linux RH7.0. I seem to have gotten everything
> configured the way I want it and am starting to run some scans to see what I
> can see. Well, what I see is: nmap -sU -P0 ip_addr causes the machine to
> instantly crash with a kernel panic, or in some cases, reboot. I'm not
> great at troubleshooting kernel/module troubles so any help would be greatly
> appreciated. IF you happen to have a Linux CP FW-1 box you could run nmap
> against, I'd love to know your results (incl OS/kernel info). Might want to
> do this off-hours, though.

How about trying it with -T Paranoid or Sneaky? That will allow you to
determine if you're hammering the state table, and if not, let you narrow
down which port number is having the problem.

                                                BB

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