Bug 457006 - ipv6: use timer pending to fix bridge reference count problem [rhel-5.3]
Summary: ipv6: use timer pending to fix bridge reference count problem [rhel-5.3]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Pirko
QA Contact: Martin Jenner
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: 449947 489895 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 457009 457010 457012
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Reported: 2008-07-29 07:51 UTC by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified: 2018-10-20 02:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-01-20 20:24:18 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0225 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 kernel security and bug fix update 2009-01-20 16:06:24 UTC

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-07-29 07:51:52 UTC 
Using expires field instead of timer_pending() may cause bridge reference count
problem in the ipv6 FIB timer management.
Comment 1 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-07-29 07:53:43 UTC 
Proposed upstream patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=847499ce71bdcc8fc542062df6ebed3e596608dd
Comment 2 Don Zickus 2008-09-03 03:40:55 UTC 
in kernel-2.6.18-107.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Comment 5 Andy Gospodarek 2008-10-22 13:31:06 UTC 
*** Bug 449947 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:24:18 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 therefore 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-2009-0225.html
Comment 10 Thomas Graf 2009-12-01 12:56:39 UTC 
*** Bug 489895 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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