Bug 358771

Summary: zero unused parts of sockaddr_storage
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: David Teigland <teigland>
Component: kernelAssignee: David Teigland <teigland>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Cluster QE <mspqa-list>
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Version: 5.1CC: ccaulfie, dzickus, lwang
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2008-0314 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description David Teigland 2007-10-30 18:29:29 UTC
Description of problem:

"When we build a sockaddr_storage for an IP address, clear the unused parts as
they could be used for node comparisons.
    
I have seen this occasionally make sctp connections fail." -- pjc

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http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=01c8cab25863de007fe8c598d0033919ea8ae65e

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Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-11-29 16:45:46 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 4 Don Zickus 2007-12-17 19:37:10 UTC
in 2.6.18-61.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 14:59:42 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0314.html