Bug 527225 – BUG in ibmveth_replenish_buffer_pool at drivers/net/ibmveth.c:219 [rhel-4.8.z]

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Bug 527225 - BUG in ibmveth_replenish_buffer_pool at drivers/net/ibmveth.c:219 [rhel-4.8.z]

Summary:	BUG in ibmveth_replenish_buffer_pool at drivers/net/ibmveth.c:219 [rhel-4.8.z]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.7
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Vitaly Mayatskikh
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	515258
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Reported:	2009-10-05 09:18 EDT by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2011-01-30 19:01 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	On 64-bit PowerPC systems, a rollover bug in the ibmveth driver could have caused a kernel panic. In a reported case, this panic occurred on a system with a large uptime and under heavy network load.
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Last Closed:	2009-10-22 11:10:01 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2009:1522	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update	2009-10-22 11:09:25 EDT

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2009-10-05 09:18:02 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #515258 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Vitaly Mayatskikh 2009-10-05 15:01:09 EDT

Committed in 89.0.14

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-10-22 11:10:01 EDT

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-2009-1522.html

Comment 8 Douglas Silas 2011-01-30 19:02:00 EST

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
On 64-bit PowerPC systems, a rollover bug in the ibmveth driver could have caused a kernel panic. In a reported case, this panic occurred on a system with a large uptime and under heavy network load.

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