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Bug 191736

Summary: CVE-2004-2660 O_DIRECT write sometimes leaks memory
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Marcel Holtmann <holtmann>
Component: kernelAssignee: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.0CC: jbaron, rem, security-response-team
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: impact=low,public=20041028
Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0617 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-08-22 18:47:57 UTC Type: ---
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results from U4 kernel (fail)
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Results from Rawhide (8-1) xen guest (pass) none

Description Marcel Holtmann 2006-05-15 15:14:26 UTC 
It seems that O_DIRECT write sometimes leaks memory.

The upstream fix can be found here:

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA
Comment 8 Jason Baron 2006-08-07 18:41:32 UTC 
committed in stream E5 build 42.0.1. A test kernel with this patch is available
from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
Comment 11 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-22 18:47:57 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-2006-0617.html
Comment 12 Jason Baron 2006-08-30 17:43:30 UTC 
committed in stream U5 build 42.4. A test kernel with this patch is available
from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
Comment 13 Prarit Bhargava 2007-06-28 14:19:46 UTC 
*** Bug 211335 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***