Is an application using libtirpc susceptible to issues related to kernel panics in NFS RPC code in the kernel?
Issue
- Product is not using NFS, but inhouse application is using RPC services by way of libtirpc-0.2.1-5.el6.i686 (libtirpc.so.1) package.
- Not yet experienced crashes or symptoms and they do thorough product testing, but needs confirmation if either of the below issues will affect them:
- Cannot upgrade their 6.2 kernel at this time - embedded product in the field, will update on next release cycle.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- inhouse application is using RPC services by way of libtirpc-0.2.1-5.el6.i686 (libtirpc.so.1) package
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