Bug 1001493 - mdadm segfault when failing to write metadata
Summary: mdadm segfault when failing to write metadata
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: mdadm
Version: 6.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jes Sorensen
QA Contact: huan-zhang
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Depends On: 950545
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-08-27 07:22 UTC by Libor Miksik
Modified: 2018-12-02 17:59 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mdadm-3.2.5-4.el6_4.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
* Previously, mdadm could have experienced a segmentation fault if it encountered a write error while attempting to write a superblock onto a defective drive. This his been corrected in this update so that mdadm no longer crashes if the aforementioned scenario occurs.
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Last Closed: 2013-09-11 13:00:05 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:1257 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE mdadm bug fix update 2013-09-11 16:58:46 UTC

Description Libor Miksik 2013-08-27 07:22:07 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #950545 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.4 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 7 huan-zhang 2013-09-09 07:23:32 UTC 
According to comment 6.
We have no h/w and hard to simulate.
Regression test passed.
SanityOnly.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-09-11 13:00:05 UTC 
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/RHBA-2013-1257.html
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