Bug Fix Advisory procps bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2005:024-07
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2005-04-28
Last updated on: 2005-04-28
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated procps package that fixes incorrect reporting of memory
processes and fixes incorrect internal UID and GID usage is now available.

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

The following issues have been addressed:

- The ps command sometimes showed a wrong value for VSZ. This has been
fixed.

- Bad data type usage for UID and GID has been fixed. It produced
unexpected results for UID greater than 32000.

All users of procps should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.


Solution

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

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.src.rpm     387a0f6596611c3fa169fab31741bd2a
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     164c0093deaea99f0ecd8a26be4065ff
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     5ef148b5f913b439c4016d34f7672359
 
IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.ia64.rpm     a6def002f243ea8ea059844d0ab51f31
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.23.ia64.rpm     b9c562ad79ba0f063facc29bc0611c08
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.src.rpm     387a0f6596611c3fa169fab31741bd2a
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     164c0093deaea99f0ecd8a26be4065ff
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     5ef148b5f913b439c4016d34f7672359
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.src.rpm     387a0f6596611c3fa169fab31741bd2a
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     164c0093deaea99f0ecd8a26be4065ff
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.23.i386.rpm     5ef148b5f913b439c4016d34f7672359
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.src.rpm     387a0f6596611c3fa169fab31741bd2a
 
IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.23.ia64.rpm     a6def002f243ea8ea059844d0ab51f31
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.23.ia64.rpm     b9c562ad79ba0f063facc29bc0611c08
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

140410 - 2.1SA: ps sometimes shows a wrong value for VSZ
144086 - 2.1AS: Problem with big UIDs in ps


Keywords

gid, ps, uid, VSZ


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