Bug 701444 - Fix libkrb5 to work when > 1024 file descriptors are in use
Summary: Fix libkrb5 to work when > 1024 file descriptors are in use
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: krb5
Version: 5.7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
URL: http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/...
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Blocks: 701446
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Reported: 2011-05-02 21:05 UTC by Simo Sorce
Modified: 2018-11-28 21:23 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: krb5-1.6.1-68.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
: 701446 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2012-02-21 03:19:17 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 2037503 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0306 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: krb5 security and bug fix update 2012-02-21 07:24:53 UTC

Description Simo Sorce 2011-05-02 21:05:48 UTC 
libkrb5 has issues working in processes that have more than 1024 files open due to the use of select()
Upstream has a patch to make libkrb5 use poll() instead.

Please backport it to RHEL5 so that daemons like samba do not have issues in those cases.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 03:19:17 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0306.html
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