Bug 191736 - CVE-2004-2660 O_DIRECT write sometimes leaks memory
Summary: CVE-2004-2660 O_DIRECT write sometimes leaks memory
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Jeff Moyer
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=low,public=20041028
: 211335 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 176344
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-05-15 15:14 UTC by Marcel Holtmann
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0617
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-08-22 18:47:57 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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results from U4 kernel (fail) (1.78 KB, text/plain)
2006-08-01 19:35 UTC, Mike Gahagan 		no flags Details
Results from Rawhide (8-1) xen guest (pass) (1.75 KB, text/plain)
2006-08-01 19:37 UTC, Mike Gahagan 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0617 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2006-08-22 04:00:00 UTC

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. ***
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