Bug 637206

Summary: system crashes due to corrupt net_device_wrapper structure [rhel-5.5.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.5CC: andriusb, bturner, bubrown, cdupuis, dhoward, jmarchan, jolsa, jpirko, jwest, nhorman, pm-eus, rkhan, tgraf
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Previously, running the dd command on an iSCSI device with the qla3xxx driver may have caused the system to crash. This error has been fixed, and running the dd command on such device no longer crashes the system.
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Bug Depends On: 620508    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-09-24 15:11:36 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #620508 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 2 Jiri Pirko 2010-09-30 13:20:33 UTC
in kernel 2.6.18-194.19.1.el5

linux-2.6-net-qla3xxx-fix-oops-on-too-long-netdev-priv-structure.patch

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-09 18:07:57 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-2010-0839.html

Comment 9 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 14:07:43 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
Previously, running the dd command on an iSCSI device with the qla3xxx driver may have caused the system to crash. This error has been fixed, and running the dd command on such device no longer crashes the system.