I have an RHEL 5 system:
[root@myhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga)
When I run dmesg
, I get a strange and disconcerting message:
[root@myhost ~]# dmesg | grep -i worm
Worm initializing...<1>done.
What does this message mean and where does it come from?
Best Answer
This message is generated by a kernel module called
worm
:From the comments in the module source code:
This kernel module is provided by the
field_diags_xe_x86
package, which provides diagnostic tools for SGI hardware:So this message in
dmesg
is not malicious, though the kernel module may be poorly named.