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Bug 142734

Summary:	CAN-2004-1335 ip_options_get memory leak
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jim Paradis <jparadis>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	peterm, riel
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Description Mark J. Cox 2004-12-13 15:13:02 UTC

If the user makes ip_cmsg_send call ip_options_get
multiple times, we leak kmalloced IP options data, noticed
by Georgi Guninksi, with reproducer uvmemeat.c

Fixed upstream:
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@41b766beodCDEFPbjDRLoUUUxw4Z6w

See bug 142733 for reproducer

Comment 1 Jim Paradis 2004-12-21 18:42:04 UTC

A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL2.1 E7
patch pool (in kernel version 2.4.9-e.58)

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-01-21 15:37:26 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 the 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-2005-016.html