Bug 766832 - POWER4 strncmp crashes reading past zero byte
Summary: POWER4 strncmp crashes reading past zero byte
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc
Version: 5.8
Hardware: powerpc
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jeff Law
QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
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Whiteboard:
Depends On: 694386
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-12 16:53 UTC by Miroslav Franc
Modified: 2016-11-24 12:05 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Same as RHEL 6.2 BZ 766832.
Clone Of: 694386
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-01-08 03:45:44 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0022 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE glibc bug fix and enhancement update 2013-01-08 08:38:20 UTC

Comment 2 will schmidt 2012-02-03 18:06:56 UTC 
This is fixed upstream, as stated in the Depends-on bug at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694386#c6

> commit 4420675c9d361643d1179ad67e0bb35c8fbdd1ce
> Author: Andreas Schwab <schwab>
> Date:   Sun Apr 17 22:03:53 2011 -0400
> 
>     Fix POWER4/POWER7 optimized strncmp to not read past differing bytes
Comment 3 Jeff Law 2012-02-03 18:15:51 UTC 
Will,

You are correct, this has been fixed upstream as well as in RHEL 6.  However, this bug is present in RHEL 5 and I've put it on the list of bugs to consider for the RHEL 5.9 release.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2012-04-02 13:09:38 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product Management has
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for
potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release for currently
deployed products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in
a release.
Comment 8 Jeff Law 2012-06-12 17:10:38 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:
Same as RHEL 6.2 BZ 766832.
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 03:45:44 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/RHBA-2013-0022.html
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