Bug 642746 – RHEL4.8 panic in netif_receive_skb [rhel-4.8.z]

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Bug 642746 - RHEL4.8 panic in netif_receive_skb [rhel-4.8.z]

Summary:	RHEL4.8 panic in netif_receive_skb [rhel-4.8.z]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	4.8
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Don Howard
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	Regression, ZStream

Depends On:	616710
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Reported:	2010-10-13 14:19 EDT by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2018-10-27 07:36 EDT (History)
CC List:	13 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Erroneous pointer checks could have caused a kernel panic. This was due to a critical value not being copied when a network buffer was duplicated and consumed by multiple portions of the kernel's network stack. Fixing the copy operation resolved this bug.
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Last Closed:	2010-12-01 17:24:54 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0936	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-12-06 09:19:04 EST

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-10-13 14:19:22 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #616710 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 Don Howard 2010-11-05 14:43:21 EDT

A patch addressing this issue has been included in kernel-2.6.9-89.32.1.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-12-01 17:24:54 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-2010-0936.html

Comment 11 Douglas Silas 2011-01-30 17:27:32 EST

    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:
Erroneous pointer checks could have caused a kernel panic. This was due to a critical value not being copied when a network buffer was duplicated and consumed by multiple portions of the kernel's network stack. Fixing the copy operation resolved this bug.

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