Bug 638864 – [5.5] a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately. [rhel-5.3.z]

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Bug 638864 - [5.5] a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately. [rhel-5.3.z]

Summary:	[5.5] a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately. [rh...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Jiri Pirko
QA Contact:	Petr Beňas
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	634850
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Reported:	2010-09-30 03:36 EDT by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2015-05-04 21:21 EDT (History)
CC List:	13 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2010-11-16 14:09:18 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0893	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-11-16 14:08:47 EST

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-09-30 03:36:02 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #634850 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.3 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-10-25 12:00:44 EDT

in kernel 2.6.18-128.26.1.el5

linux-2.6-misc-fix-race-in-pid-generation-causing-immediate-reuse.patch

Comment 4 Petr Beňas 2010-10-26 03:50:12 EDT

reproduced 2.6.18-128.25.1.el5.x86_64 and verified in 2.6.12-128.26.1.el5.x86_64

Comment 8 Petr Beňas 2010-11-03 07:18:09 EDT

Per comments 4,5 and 7 moving to verified.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-16 14:09:18 EST

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-2010-0893.html

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