- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0298 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
procps bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated procps packages that fix several bugs and add an enhancement are
now available.
Description
The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. The procps package includes ps, free, skill, snice, sysctl,
tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- The tmpname variable in the sysctl utility contained a buffer overflow
error on 32-bit systems.
- The manual page for sysctl was updated to inform users that using sysctl
with the "-a" switch may result in kernel warnings
The following enhancement has also been added:
- The top utility was modified to display memory usage in gigabytes and
megabytes as well as in kilobytes, depending on the size of the amount.
All users of procps should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues and add this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
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 - 217142 - "sysctl -a" generates kernel warnings
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f1bba3ade6cbfa80c208e018798f29c69af10172aae1fff9ca0c582fb1ebd08 |
ia64 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e904a9547a57464b02d96978627c6040dd116f357b3df9e8fb553d414d3df506 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 36bd7e4c1f7fc2e0550672ae3128393750023e29f2b807b90ee6612b381c450d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f1bba3ade6cbfa80c208e018798f29c69af10172aae1fff9ca0c582fb1ebd08 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 36bd7e4c1f7fc2e0550672ae3128393750023e29f2b807b90ee6612b381c450d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f1bba3ade6cbfa80c208e018798f29c69af10172aae1fff9ca0c582fb1ebd08 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 36bd7e4c1f7fc2e0550672ae3128393750023e29f2b807b90ee6612b381c450d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
s390x | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 7fd5d44f0906e4298839128d48fb2cb3d5ecb40db85d7518ceca444412c0f5b9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
ppc | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 3c8d15b589810eee2fb7b8ecdb1e13c424af91a3d61644c9a7a34404a4b48aed |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d062905185b2bf700c480f70ee4116100bf13953e595225e808390bf0c721dc7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ef41d6eef1950fe16ddf0647523389b054a66427f0a2cbdf2042e958f9ab6bd2 |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f1bba3ade6cbfa80c208e018798f29c69af10172aae1fff9ca0c582fb1ebd08 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.7-9.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 36bd7e4c1f7fc2e0550672ae3128393750023e29f2b807b90ee6612b381c450d |
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