Bug 1001493

Summary: mdadm segfault when failing to write metadata
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Libor Miksik <lmiksik>
Component: mdadmAssignee: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: huan-zhang <huazhang>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.3CC: abienven, akarlsso, ccui, dledford, hklein, huazhang, Jes.Sorensen, jmagrini, kzhang, lmiksik, pm-eus, richard.alpe, xiaoli
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: mdadm-3.2.5-4.el6_4.2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
* Previously, mdadm could have experienced a segmentation fault if it encountered a write error while attempting to write a superblock onto a defective drive. This his been corrected in this update so that mdadm no longer crashes if the aforementioned scenario occurs.
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Last Closed: 2013-09-11 13:00:05 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 950545    
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Description Libor Miksik 2013-08-27 07:22:07 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #950545 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.4 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 7 huan-zhang 2013-09-09 07:23:32 UTC
According to comment 6.
We have no h/w and hard to simulate.
Regression test passed.
SanityOnly.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-09-11 13:00:05 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1257.html