Bug 797384 - Init scripts tries to read missing file
Summary: Init scripts tries to read missing file
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openssh
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Petr Lautrbach
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 801100 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-02-25 12:59 UTC by Steve Snyder
Modified: 2012-11-05 15:40 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openssh-5.3p1-73.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
No Documentation needed
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 07:17:28 UTC
Target Upstream Version:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
fixed sshd init script (4.57 KB, text/plain)
2012-02-27 20:15 UTC, Petr Lautrbach
no flags Details


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0884 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:28:43 UTC

Description Steve Snyder 2012-02-25 12:59:52 UTC
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 20:15:16 UTC
Created attachment 566133 [details]
fixed sshd init script

Comment 5 Petr Lautrbach 2012-03-08 09:45:01 UTC
*** Bug 801100 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Petr Lautrbach 2012-04-27 13:12:40 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:
No Documentation needed

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 07:17:28 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-2012-0884.html


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