Bug 768669
| Summary: | [PEM] an unregistered callback causes a SIGSEGV | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Elio Maldonado Batiz <emaldona> | ||||
| Component: | nss | Assignee: | Elio Maldonado Batiz <emaldona> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Aleš Mareček <amarecek> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | high | ||||||
| Version: | 6.2 | CC: | amarecek, danw, emaldona, jrieden, kdudka, kengert, rrelyea | ||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | EasyFix, Patch | ||||
| Target Release: | 6.3 | ||||||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||||||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | nss-3.13.3-3.el6 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||
| Doc Text: |
Cause: The PEM module did not fully initialize new constructed objects with function pointers set to NULL.
Consequence: A segmentation violation in libcurl eas experienced while accessing a package repository.
Fix: Fully initialize newly allocated objects.
Result: The updates can now be installed without problems.
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Story Points: | --- | ||||
| Clone Of: | 754771 | Environment: | |||||
| Last Closed: | 2012-06-20 07:23:33 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | 754771 | ||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 702083, 733657, 733749, 733752, 746629, 1002271 | ||||||
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Description
Elio Maldonado Batiz
2011-12-17 19:40:18 UTC
Created attachment 569522 [details]
Initializes pointers to functions: Kamil's patch brought here
Renamed to along current nss patch naming conventions: Bug-number-some-description.patch
Comment on attachment 569522 [details]
Initializes pointers to functions: Kamil's patch brought here
r+
From a logical point of view, this may not be the most optimal patch, but it's both effective and safe, so it's the right patch for RHEL.
*** Bug 754771 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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New Contents:
Cause: The PEM module did not fully initialize new constructed objects with function pointers set to NULL.
Consequence: A segmentation violation in libcurl eas experienced while accessing a package repository.
Fix: Fully initialize newly allocated objects.
Result: The updates can now be installed without problems.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0973.html |