Escalated to Bugzilla from IssueTracker
committed in stream u4 build 34.5. A test kernel with this patch is available from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
*** Bug 169600 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This issue is on Red Hat Engineering's list of planned work items for the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 release. Engineering resources have been assigned and barring unforeseen circumstances, Red Hat intends to include this item in the 4.4 release.
*** Bug 172696 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Looks like all the affected customers are happy with the hotfix, setting customer_verified.
*** Bug 198321 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 198892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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-2006-0575.html
*** Bug 555153 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***