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Bug 1239164

Summary:	mod_ssl leaks memory on httpd reload
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	neil
Component:	httpd	Assignee:	Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Frodl <mfrodl>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	7.1	CC:	isenfeld, jkaluza, jorton
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: mod_ssl did not call ERR_free_strings method during its cleanup. Consequence: On httpd reload, mod_ssl leaked memory. Fix: ERR_free_strings call is now called by mod_ssl during httpd reload. Result: mod_ssl does not leak memory on httpd reload anymore.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2015-11-19 04:38:16 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Description neil 2015-07-03 20:21:04 UTC

Description of problem: During a graceful reload, the httpd daemon leaks a small amount of memory in the main process.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Every time.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start httpd with mod_ssl module loaded.
2. while true; do service httpd reload; sleep 0.3; done

Actual results: httpd memory usage steadily rises.


Expected results: httpd memory usage stays (relatively) constant.


Additional info: See upstream bug for more detailed description and patch.

Comment 2 Joe Orton 2015-07-06 09:09:06 UTC

Please contact Red Hat Support if you want a test package with the fix for this integrated.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 04:38:16 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2194.html