I meant to add that I have tested the patch I sent on both UP and SMP;
PPP connections work fine and the exploit program doesn't hang the
system.
Paul.
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The following patch fixes the lockup inside ppp_async_push which
can occur if you set both the master and slave of a pty to PPP line
discipline.
The patch essentially makes 3 changes to ppp_async.c:
1. We detect the recursion that can occur if the tty driver's write
function calls back to the
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