Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0462 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-06-10
Updated:
2010-06-10

RHBA-2010:0462 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

procps bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. The procps package includes ps, free, skill, slabtop, snice,
sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.

This updated procps package fixes the following bug:

  • running the "ps" command occasionally resulted in a double-free corruption

error, which caused "ps" to crash unexpectedly. This update fixes the problem by
adding a condition in the code that ensures correctness, with the result that
"ps" no longer crashes unexpectedly. (BZ#596759)

All users of procps are advised to upgrade to this updated 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 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 596759 - ps aborted with "double free or corruption"

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
x86_64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
ia64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466
i386
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
x86_64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
ia64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466
i386
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
x86_64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
ia64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466
i386
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
x86_64
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0
i386
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
s390x
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3f3b6b5176f272ff891f5bc235628aa36ae2dd02ddcdd5c8bc3be9eceeab1cdc
s390
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: ca3f3516500efc404a4596cafefbc07984066f28a2d566291ec7dc1585fa238c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
s390x
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3f3b6b5176f272ff891f5bc235628aa36ae2dd02ddcdd5c8bc3be9eceeab1cdc
s390
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: ca3f3516500efc404a4596cafefbc07984066f28a2d566291ec7dc1585fa238c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
ppc
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b861b223ca929edc8345e94a39be610db56aac95b798a728ff571f50e1c66df3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff
ppc
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b861b223ca929edc8345e94a39be610db56aac95b798a728ff571f50e1c66df3

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