RHBA-2010:0453 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated strace package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls called and received
by a running process. It can print a record of each system call, its arguments
and its return value.

This update also fixes the following bug:

• when detaching from a process, a misinterpreted status caused strace to always

leave the process being traced in a stopped state. With this update, the process
is left in the correct state after detaching. (BZ#594616)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated strace package, which resolves this
issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 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 Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 594616 - [REG][5.4] When strace command is killed by Ctrl-C, the target process stops.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)