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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0010 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0010 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

strace bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated strace packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The strace packages provide a utility to intercept and record the system calls
called and received by a running process. The strace utility can print a record
of each system call, its arguments and its return value. The strace utility is
useful for diagnosing, debugging and instructional purposes.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the strace utility incorrectly decoded system calls when

tracing a 32 bit process on a 64 bit machine, because strace on IBM System z
platforms is not multi-arch aware. This update provides an additional strace
executable (strace32) which can be used to trace 32 bit processes on 64 bit
machines. (BZ#495935)

  • Prior to this update, the strace utility incorrectly exited a system call loop

when the child process was interrupted. As a consequence, strace reported that
the last system call exited with a ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK condition. This update
modifies the loop exit so that strace now correctly reports that the interrupted
system call is unfinished. (BZ#509152)

  • Prior to this update, the kernel could, under certain circumstances, fail to

send a SIGTRAP signal to the strace utility. As a consequence, the strace
utility could become suspended if the target process blocked the debugging
signal SIGTRAP. With this update, strace now checks for this situation and
re-synchronizes with system call notifications when necessary. (BZ#512692)

  • Prior to this update, traces were not detached but forcefully terminated when

the SIGTERM signal terminated the strace process while the trace executed a fork
or a cloned system call. This update modifies the underlying code to cleanly
detach traces when a strace process is terminated. (BZ#552964)

  • Prior to this update, the strace utility incorrectly printed 64 bit arguments

for certain system calls such as "fadvise". This update modifies the underlying
code so that the correct "fadvise" arguments are printed as expected.
(BZ#571437)

  • Prior to this update, a misinterpreted status caused strace to leave the

traced process in a stopped state when detaching from a process. This update
modifies the underlying code to leave the process in the correct state after
detaching. (BZ#580211)

  • Prior to this update, the strace utility extracted arguments for the

"semtimedop" system call from the wrong location on the IBM System z platforms.
As a consequence, arguments for the "semtimedop" system call were incorrectly
displayed. This update modifies strace to extract the arguments from the correct
memory location so that the arguments for the "semtimedop" system call are
displayed as expected. (BZ#759566)

  • Prior to this update, the strace utility did not correctly track switches

between 32-bit and 64-bit process execution domains, so called "personalities",
when tracing multiple processes with multiple "personalities". As a consequence,
strace logged the wrong system call names and arguments for the traced
processes. This update corrects personality tracking in strace so that it now
prints system call names and arguments as expected. (BZ#768203)

All users of strace are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - 495935 - s390x strace problems with 31-bit executables
  • BZ - 571437 - strace incorrectly shows the arguments of fadvise() in 32 bit compat programs

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
x86_64
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3d9ec8104c52c34f555484f450b970e476379f0b400519679f467e60482a744
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dac049de4db80a691b55d34ad47f39db5e64fcc8cbb8466517b1865351b15d51
ia64
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 4b05efdedfda408db7dc983139adef6bfccfdc7c2e523c8a088fc1fbe3599159
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e956b995884c835bd71b82d63833f72f99f17bb8674f6cb96d0d55fac7c60bdc
i386
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: ccaef060fbc2abaa310547c865736688cdbebcbae86840764be154f99adf82e8
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 055ca3b00f58d3f1353244e031df5a67f73ce0476a5d6bc018e4a4e93c81666e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
x86_64
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3d9ec8104c52c34f555484f450b970e476379f0b400519679f467e60482a744
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dac049de4db80a691b55d34ad47f39db5e64fcc8cbb8466517b1865351b15d51
i386
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: ccaef060fbc2abaa310547c865736688cdbebcbae86840764be154f99adf82e8
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 055ca3b00f58d3f1353244e031df5a67f73ce0476a5d6bc018e4a4e93c81666e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
x86_64
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3d9ec8104c52c34f555484f450b970e476379f0b400519679f467e60482a744
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dac049de4db80a691b55d34ad47f39db5e64fcc8cbb8466517b1865351b15d51
i386
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: ccaef060fbc2abaa310547c865736688cdbebcbae86840764be154f99adf82e8
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 055ca3b00f58d3f1353244e031df5a67f73ce0476a5d6bc018e4a4e93c81666e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
s390x
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dbd667f262fee58d02f1d73d23e3f9d4614d26ba0b87b3fc4fc69c10b2a21244
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b507ba4ae94b394a84f7c88aa07109ebfb45f685aa5fa3457c4ba2489cab2662
strace64-4.5.18-18.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2015c12520b275d184ad2efd25ea50411e9bec17bbd3710bc8b5d81e6957a5b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
ppc
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a6b41f962fc5dec168319c5cc3ec5535c04c4e0c6d7cf24b4e6de344012c13af
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 58e84c6346e27dac03967f7a18d2ed8c9b1c07ed6b4440cdca6ea8323bf2839a
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 15e6aade266d2d7436c71e2772e8568b00567e71bf58153f3d1c10ab1862de9c
strace32-4.5.18-18.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 6fbaa2652d93c9fb32459a48bd79c662da0fa07d7fa2e6b4ad446724ed1043eb
strace64-4.5.18-18.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b2bc3a86b43d7636e1e4c5095b62f771833bc454aafd1288d1e08cd457a28be9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 33312d2222419b97752787998e71cfc7dcd55090d05f285e6332c7bb1fc2afd3
x86_64
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3d9ec8104c52c34f555484f450b970e476379f0b400519679f467e60482a744
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dac049de4db80a691b55d34ad47f39db5e64fcc8cbb8466517b1865351b15d51
i386
strace-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: ccaef060fbc2abaa310547c865736688cdbebcbae86840764be154f99adf82e8
strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-18.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 055ca3b00f58d3f1353244e031df5a67f73ce0476a5d6bc018e4a4e93c81666e

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