On 14 Nov 2008 at 16:09, Wolfram Schlich wrote: > Here's the log entry: > --8<-- > 11-14 14:25:20 +01:00; hafw2; kern.err; kernel: PAX: From 10.10.10.249: execution attempt in: <NULL>, 00000000-00000000 00000000 > 11-14 14:25:20 +01:00; hafw2; kern.err; kernel: PAX: terminating task: /usr/sbin/conntrackd(conntrackd):7543, uid/euid: 0/0, PC: 0000000000000000, SP: 00007fffffffb398 > 11-14 14:25:20 +01:00; hafw2; kern.err; kernel: PAX: bytes at PC: ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? > 11-14 14:25:20 +01:00; hafw2; kern.err; kernel: PAX: bytes at SP-8: > --8<-- ok, here's the rest of the story: (gdb) x/16x $sp 0x7fffffffb398: 0xf7ba28b5 0x00007fff 0x00000001 0x00000000 (gdb) x/8i 0x00007ffff7ba28b5-3 0x7ffff7ba28b2 <__build_protoinfo+450>: callq *(%rdx,%rax,8) 0x7ffff7ba28b5 <__build_protoinfo+453>: mov $0x1,%eax 0x7ffff7ba28ba <__build_protoinfo+458>: mov %ebp,%ecx 0x7ffff7ba28bc <__build_protoinfo+460>: shl %cl,%rax 0x7ffff7ba28bf <__build_protoinfo+463>: or %eax,(%r14,%rbx,4) 0x7ffff7ba28c3 <__build_protoinfo+467>: cmp $0x37,%r12d 0x7ffff7ba28c7 <__build_protoinfo+471>: jle 0xfffffffff7ba287f 0x7ffff7ba28c9 <__build_protoinfo+473>: mov 0x10(%rsp),%rdx (gdb) i r rdx rax rdx 0x7ffff7db5000 140737351733248 rax 0x37 55 (gdb) x/8x $rdx+8*$rax 0x7ffff7db51b8: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0xf7ba9468 0x00007fff 0x7ffff7db51c8: 0xf7ba94b1 0x00007fff 0xf7ba9505 0x00007fff so that's a null function pointer in whatever structure __build_protoinfo dereferences there. is it of any help to you or do you need me to dig out more? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html