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Bug 627630

Summary: rpm: selinux context initialization memory leak
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: rpmAssignee: Jindrich Novy <jnovy>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.5CC: akrherz, a.montenegro, dmalcolm, dwalsh, ffesti, james.antill, jhutar, jnovy, maarten, mzazrivec, pknirsch, pmatilai, pm-eus, rprice, spoyarek, tao, vgaikwad, wmealing, xdmoon
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A memory leak in the communication between RPM and the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) subsystem could have caused extensive memory consumption. In reported cases, this issue was triggered by running rhn_check when errata were scheduled to be applied.
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Last Closed: 2010-09-07 14:32:40 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 566746    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-08-26 14:44:56 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #566746 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2010-09-07 14:32:40 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-2010-0679.html

Comment 7 Eva Kopalova 2010-12-20 12:25:42 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
A memory leak in the communication between RPM and the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) subsystem could have caused extensive memory consumption. In reported cases, this issue was triggered by running rhn_check when errata were scheduled to be applied.