Bug 457010

Summary:	ipv6: use timer pending to fix bridge reference count problem [rhel-3.9]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Don Howard <dhoward>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Jenner <mjenner>
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Version:	3.9	CC:	dhoward, lwang
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-07-29 07:56:51 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #457006 +++

Using expires field instead of timer_pending() may cause bridge reference count
problem in the ipv6 FIB timer management.

Comment 1 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-07-29 07:57:12 UTC

Proposed upstream patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=847499ce71bdcc8fc542062df6ebed3e596608dd

Comment 2 Don Howard 2009-10-16 18:49:48 UTC

A patch for this issue has been included in build 2.4.21-61.EL.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-11-03 22:00:59 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 therefore 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/RHSA-2009-1550.html