Bug 170283 – CAN-2005-3181 names_cache memory leak

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Bug 170283 - CAN-2005-3181 names_cache memory leak

Summary:	CAN-2005-3181 names_cache memory leak

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	David Woodhouse
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Whiteboard:	public=20051007,impact=important
Keywords:	Security

Duplicates:	170526 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2005-10-10 11:12 EDT by Mark J. Cox
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-808
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2005-10-27 11:10:48 EDT
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Backported fix (610 bytes, patch) 2005-10-18 09:05 EDT, David Woodhouse	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-10-10 11:12:36 EDT

A memory leak with names_cache could lead to an unprivileged DoS in linux
kernel 2.6 if CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled.

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA

Comment 1 Jason Baron 2005-10-12 12:16:17 EDT

*** Bug 170526 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 David Woodhouse 2005-10-18 09:05:25 EDT

Created attachment 120120 [details]
Backported fix

Comment 8 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-27 11:10:49 EDT

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-2005-808.html

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