[plug] strange modprobe using up cpu?

[Shayne O'Neill]

I'm getting this too! 2.2 kernel on woody (Currently updating to 2.4)

In the morning, the machine was dead dead dead, so I had to powerswitch
reboot (ugh... ) being 2.2, the machine was only ext2, so I'm currently
trying to up to 2.4 and an ext3 journal for sanity sake in reboot.

but on bootup I got this;-
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth1: 21041 Media table, default media
0800 (Autosense).
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth1:  21041 media #0, 10baseT.
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth1:  21041 media #1, 10base2.
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth1:  21041 media #2, AUI.
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth1:  21041 media #4, 10baseT-FDX.
Jul  5 22:29:58 yourguild kernel: eth0: 21143 10baseT link beat good.
Jul  5 22:34:18 yourguild kernel: VFS: file-max limit 4096 reached
Jul  5 22:34:20 yourguild kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s
-k net-pf-10, errno = 23
Jul  5 22:34:24 yourguild kernel: kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and
stopped
Jul  5 22:34:24 yourguild last message repeated 4 times
Jul  5 22:34:24 yourguild kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s
-k net-pf-10, errno = 23
Jul  5 22:34:46 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:34:55 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:36:18 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:36:52 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:37:48 yourguild last message repeated 3 times
Jul  5 22:38:48 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:44:12 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 22:46:53 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 23:01:42 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 23:01:49 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2
Jul  5 23:03:40 yourguild last message repeated 3 times
Jul  5 23:04:14 yourguild kernel: Unable to load interpreter
/lib/ld-linux.so.2

I wonder if its a worm/vunerability. Its odd you are having mental case
modprobe freakouts at the same time.....

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Shayne O'Neill. http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:

> Chris Caston wrote:
>
> > For some reason occasionally I notice my usually snappy UI slow to a
> > crawl. By the time I open and xterm and type in top I just manage to see
> > modprobe using up 80-90% cpu.
> >
> > The following from kern.log *may* be related:
>
> A guess: something is scanning /dev for something, and modprobe is
> "helpfully" trying to load a bunch of kernel modules that might be
> related to whatever device node the access attempt is on.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
>
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