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]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vitaly Mayatskikh
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 515258
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-10-05 13:18 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2011-01-31 00:01 UTC (History)
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 15:10:01 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1522 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2009-10-22 15:09:25 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2009-10-05 13:18:02 UTC 
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 19:01:09 UTC 
Committed in 89.0.14
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-10-22 15:10:01 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-2009-1522.html
Comment 8 Douglas Silas 2011-01-31 00:02:00 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    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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