bind 8.2 panic'd

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Our DNS servers (bind 8.2) crashed with the following error message:
> 
> panic: critical: memcluster.c:307: INSIST(stats[size].gets != 0) failed.
> 
> Does anyone know what this problem is and if there's a patch for it.

	Fixed in 8.2.1.

> Could this possibly be a security-related problem?

	No.
> 
> The reason why I'm suspicious is that they've been running fine for months
> now, and than all of sudden all three of them crashed one after the other.

	The problem does not show up on lightly loaded system.

	Mark
> 
> Thanks for any help....Steven
> 
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