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Bug 614755

Summary:	null pointer dereference crashes tcsh
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component:	tcsh	Assignee:	Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE - Apps <qe-baseos-apps>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	4.8	CC:	bmason, fnadge, jwest, ovasik, pm-eus, psplicha, rvokal, tao, vcrhonek
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	tcsh-6.13-10.el4_8.1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	When using the tcsh shell, a null pointer dereference in proc cwd could occur on some terms and cause a crash of the shell. This update provides a fix to the relevant part of the source code.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2010-07-28 10:26:32 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	607368
Bug Blocks:

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-07-15 07:15:52 UTC

This bug has been copied from bug #607368 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-28 10:26:32 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/RHBA-2010-0570.html

Comment 7 Florian Nadge 2010-08-04 13:22:10 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:
When using the tcsh shell, a null pointer dereference in proc cwd could occur on some terms and cause a crash of the shell. This update provides a fix to the relevant part of the source code.