New submission from pablo sacristan: The code is very simple: import sys sys.setrecursionlimit(1<<20) test=lambda test:test(test) test(test)
It basically works by changing the recursion limit and then starting an infinite recursion, this quickly gives a segfault. This can be used to crash python. ---------- messages: 270611 nosy: pabstersac priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Segfault Via Resource Exhaustion versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27537> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com