Bug 667050 - COW corruption using popen(3). [rhel-5.6.z]
Summary: COW corruption using popen(3). [rhel-5.6.z]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Pirko
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 664931
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-04 08:28 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2015-05-05 01:22 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Prior to this update, a multi-threaded application, which invoked popen(3) internally, could cause a thread stall by FILE lock corruption. The application program waited for a FILE lock in glibc, but the lock seemed to be corrupted, which was caused by a race condition in the COW (Copy On Write) logic. With this update, the race condition was corrected and FILE lock corruption no longer occurs.
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Last Closed: 2011-01-18 18:22:24 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0163 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2011-01-18 18:21:57 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-01-04 08:28:44 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #664931 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2011-01-05 11:53:06 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5

linux-2.6-mm-prevent-file-lock-corruption-using-popen-3.patch

Comment 12 Jiri Pirko 2011-01-12 18:09:13 UTC
Guan, how does it look? Anyway, Larry told me that the other test may not reveal the problem...

Comment 15 Jiri Pirko 2011-01-13 12:53:41 UTC
Flipping back to ON_QA

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-18 18:22:24 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-2011-0163.html

Comment 19 Martin Prpič 2011-07-13 20:28:55 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:
Prior to this update, a multi-threaded application, which invoked popen(3) internally, could cause a thread stall by FILE lock corruption. The application program waited for a FILE lock in glibc, but the lock seemed to be corrupted, which was caused by a race condition in the COW (Copy On Write) logic. With this update, the race condition was corrected and FILE lock corruption no longer occurs.


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