Bug 688156

Summary: [5.6][REG]for some uses of 'nfsservctl' system call, the kernel crashes. [rhel-5.6.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Phillip Lougher <plougher>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.6CC: bfields, cww, dhoward, dhowells, dsmith, ebachalo, fche, jistone, jlayton, jpirko, kzhang, mjw, moshiro, myamazak, pm-eus, pmuller, qcai, rwheeler, sprabhu, steved, tmuneda, yugzhang
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression, ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-238.10.1.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Under certain circumstances, a crash in the kernel could occur due to a race condition in the lockd_down function, which did not wait for the lockd process to come down. With this update, the lockd_down function has been fixed, and the kernel no longer crashes.
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Last Closed: 2011-05-31 14:09:55 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 653286    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2011-03-16 13:48:45 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #653286 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Phillip Lougher 2011-04-15 15:06:58 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-238.10.1.el5

linux-2.6-fs-lockd-make-lockd_down-wait-for-lockd-to-come-down.patch

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-31 14:09:55 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-2011-0833.html

Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2011-06-02 13:30:12 UTC
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Under certain circumstances, a crash in the kernel could occur due to a race condition in the lockd_down function, which did not wait for the lockd process to come down. With this update, the lockd_down function has been fixed, and the kernel no longer crashes.