[Openswan Users] kernel 2.4.26 + Openswan 2.1.4 + net-snmp-5.1 = Kernel Oops

[Nate Carlson]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Martin Bene wrote:
> Other, I'm running gentoo. However, to keep conditions reasonably
> simple, I've used a plain kernel.org 2.4.26 kernel + openswan from
> tar.gz. BTW, strongswan triggers the same problem, haven't tried plain
> freeswan. As stated in previous mail, older superfreeswan 1.99.8 doesn't
> have the problem.

Well, at least it's not a Debian-specific problem.  :)

> I'll add my information to the bug.
>
> Not sure if it's really the same issue though:
>
> you write "box to become very unresponsive to network traffic".
>
> In my case:
>   * kernel oops triggerd by snmpwalk when starting to access interface
> information
>   * snmp daemon hangs afterwards, ifconfig hangs etc.
>
> Just loading the ipsec module isn't enough, ipsec must be started /
> configured to trigger the problem.

Are you still able to ping the box, but none of the network-related
commands work, and things just aren't stable? That's basically what
happens to me.

> Not at the box right now, I'll attach the decoded kernel oops in a few
> hours.
>
> Have you checked your system logs to see if you got a kernel oops as
> well?

It's actually been a few months since I got the error; I am fairly certain
I did at the time, though.

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