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Mosix is a parallel processing software package. It is designed for use on the Linux operating system. It has been reported that Mosix does not properly handle malformed packets. When maliciously constructed packets are received by Mosix, it may react unpredictably, or become unstable. The precise nature of the crash-inducing packets is not known. Successful exploitation may cause a failure of the process, resulting in a denial of service.

Mosix is a parallel processing software package. It is designed for use on the Linux operating system. It has been reported that Mosix does not properly handle malformed packets. When maliciously constructed packets are received by Mosix, it may react unpredictably, or become unstable. The precise nature of the crash-inducing packets is not known. Successful exploitation may cause a failure of the process, resulting in a denial of service.