Bug 170526

Summary:	kernel audit memory leak regarding names_cache
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Steve Grubb <sgrubb>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Steve Grubb 2005-10-12 16:04:35 UTC

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Description of problem:
There was a memory leak dicussed on lkml related to the audit system.

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.0/1859.html

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Syscall auditing related to files can cause this leak. There was discussion about the symptoms here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.0/1509.html

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jason Baron 2005-10-12 16:15:59 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 170283 ***