Bug 637727

Summary: lpfc ioctl crash in lpfc_nlp_put() [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: high    
Version: 5.4CC: andriusb, anton, borgan, coughlan, dhoward, djeffery, gbarros, jko, joseph.liu, joseph.mann, jpirko, jwest, laurie.barry, mgoodwin, plyons, pm-eus, revers, rkhan, tao, vaios.papadimitriou, vfalico
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: OtherQA, ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Under certain circumstances, an attempt to dereference a NULL pointer in the lpfc_nlp_put() function may have caused the system to crash. With this update, several changes have been made to ensure the correct reference count, resolving this issue.
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Last Closed: 2010-11-09 18:09:19 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 625841    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-09-27 09:00:53 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #625841 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 2 Jiri Pirko 2010-10-11 08:54:39 UTC
in kernel 2.6.18-194.20.1.el5

linux-2.6-scsi-lpfc-fix-ioctl-crash-in-lpfc_nlp_put.patch

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-09 18:09:19 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 7 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 14:07:19 UTC
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    New Contents:
Under certain circumstances, an attempt to dereference a NULL pointer in the lpfc_nlp_put() function may have caused the system to crash. With this update, several changes have been made to ensure the correct reference count, resolving this issue.