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Bug 797384 - Init scripts tries to read missing file
Init scripts tries to read missing file
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openssh (Show other bugs)
6.2
All Linux
medium Severity medium
: rc
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Assigned To: Petr Lautrbach
BaseOS QE Security Team
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: 801100 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2012-02-25 07:59 EST by Steve Snyder
Modified: 2012-11-05 10:40 EST (History)
4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: openssh-5.3p1-73.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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No Documentation needed
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 03:17:28 EDT
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
fixed sshd init script (4.57 KB, text/plain)
2012-02-27 15:15 EST, Petr Lautrbach
no flags Details


External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0884 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 15:28:43 EDT

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Description Steve Snyder 2012-02-25 07:59:52 EST
Description of problem:

The sshd init script attempts to read from missing file /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled/

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

# rpm -q openssh-server
openssh-server-5.3p1-70.el6_2.2.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # service sshd restart
2.
3.
  
Actual results:

# service sshd restart
Stopping sshd:
cat: /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled: No such file or directory
/etc/init.d/sshd: line 50: [: too many arguments
Starting sshd:


Expected results:

Should test for existence of file before attempting to read it.

Additional info:

Seen with a fully-updated RHEL 6.2/x86_64 installation in an OpenVZ container.  OpenVZ kernel: 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5.028stab095.1

# ll /proc/sys/crypto/
ls: cannot access /proc/sys/crypto/: No such file or directory

# ll /proc/sys/
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 14:58 debug
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 14:58 dev
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Feb 24 15:47 fs
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Feb 25 14:58 kernel
dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Feb 25 14:58 net
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 25 14:58 vm
Comment 2 Petr Lautrbach 2012-02-27 15:15:16 EST
Created attachment 566133 [details]
fixed sshd init script
Comment 5 Petr Lautrbach 2012-03-08 04:45:01 EST
*** Bug 801100 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Petr Lautrbach 2012-04-27 09:12:40 EDT
    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:
No Documentation needed
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 03:17:28 EDT
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-2012-0884.html

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