Description of problem: fd leak if pipe() is called with an invalid address. Though -EFAULT is returned, the file descriptors opened by pipe() call are left open. Reference: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/33640/
http://www.chineselinuxuniversity.net/patches/43722.shtml
in kernel-2.6.18-170.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
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-2010-0178.html