- Issued:
- 2009-02-18
- Updated:
- 2009-02-18
RHBA-2009:0309 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
strace bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated strace package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The strace program intercepts and records the system calls that are made
and the signals that are received by processes.
This updated strace package fixes a bug which occurred when "strace -f" was
used to trace a multithreaded program. strace selected threads to trace in
an inoptimal manner, which could have caused certain threads to either run
more slowly or to perpetually wait. With this update, strace selects
threads to trace in a smarter manner, thus ensuring that no threads are
left overlong in a waiting state, and therefore resolving the issue.
All users of strace are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 484074 - [5.3] Some threads stop when strace with -f option is executed on a multi-thread process.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| x86_64 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3cfb53fe672c4a81910f9be3b2984796d6270b0d87662d7da64b0cafc18f46 |
| ia64 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 249dd386dcef57bc0296e2b4f4d31c7f783ee28377171fd80fddd59cbd245e8f |
| i386 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 817d9e4d156cc154f315d99fe531f508352ae07f84cb03fb1cec4a56ed522fc1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| ia64 | |
| i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| ia64 | |
| i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| x86_64 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3cfb53fe672c4a81910f9be3b2984796d6270b0d87662d7da64b0cafc18f46 |
| i386 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 817d9e4d156cc154f315d99fe531f508352ae07f84cb03fb1cec4a56ed522fc1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| x86_64 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3cfb53fe672c4a81910f9be3b2984796d6270b0d87662d7da64b0cafc18f46 |
| i386 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 817d9e4d156cc154f315d99fe531f508352ae07f84cb03fb1cec4a56ed522fc1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| s390x | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 893d26ce4504910bb25a188555831ddb7d94ff82df8743131f61be3bdca36c82 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| s390x |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| ppc | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 1c75d2eb96a5595825eb9a70c17c6c1059788b50a61e0d572e3e4e4c7185a675 |
| strace64-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 505f30ad2d7257801d251901f82c620d6eedd18fd69ecf84145cc96132a186c5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ppc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: a7901524e1feeae7d8adf5d3b3b43fa6fd246b5de27a79a2ad05b8fb06cff651 |
| x86_64 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0f3cfb53fe672c4a81910f9be3b2984796d6270b0d87662d7da64b0cafc18f46 |
| i386 | |
| strace-4.5.18-2.el5_3.3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 817d9e4d156cc154f315d99fe531f508352ae07f84cb03fb1cec4a56ed522fc1 |
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.