Why my RHEL 3 hangs after 497 days up?

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Issue

  • When a 32 bit system using kernel 2.4 reachs 497 days up (uptime is 497 and over) it hangs and is necessary perform a reboot to solve the problem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • Kernel 2.4

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