Bug 782150 - RPM Python Bindings are leaking. This has caused a huge leak in setroubleshoot, when it hits an AVC storm.
Summary: RPM Python Bindings are leaking. This has caused a huge leak in setroubleshoo...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rpm
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Panu Matilainen
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Depends On: 782147 782151
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-16 16:33 UTC by Daniel Walsh
Modified: 2012-02-13 09:44 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 782147
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Last Closed: 2012-02-13 09:44:47 UTC
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Description Daniel Walsh 2012-01-16 16:33:07 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #782147 +++

setroubleshoot uses the rpm python bindings and is a long running service, Each time an AVC arrives it checks on the version of selinux policy, the kernel, and potentially the version of the source program and the target program to identify which version of the package was being used.  If we are hit with a storm of AVC's we are seeing the memory skyrocket.  We diagnosed the problem to rpm python bindings leaking.  For now we are removing the bindings and going to executing rpm -qf PATH. Not an ideal solution, but we need this fix in RHEL5 and RHEL6. As well as Fedora.

--- Additional comment from dwalsh on 2012-01-16 11:32:37 EST ---

Dave Malcolm, believes he has a fix for this problem.

http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-maint/2011-December/003138.html
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2012-02-13 09:44:47 UTC 
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