Escalated to Bugzilla from IssueTracker
A fix for this problem was committed to the RHEL3 U4 patch pool on 14-Sep-2004 (in kernel version 2.4.21-20.6.EL).
RHEL3 U4 errata system message from 7 months ago: An errata 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/RHBA-2004-550.html *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 111902 ***