Bug Fix Advisory strace bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0824-3
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-08-06
Last updated on: 2008-08-06
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated strace package that fixes various bugs is now available.

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls that are called
and received by a running process.

This updated package fixes the following bugs:

* on Intel Itanium-based systems, using the strace "-f" option to trace a
process that was creating a new thread, caused the thread that was being
created to crash.

* on Intel Itanium-based systems, using the strace "-f" option to trace a
process that was calling the "vfork()" system call, caused strace to hang.
In this updated package, strace works correctly with processes that call
the "vfork()" system call on Intel Itanium-based systems.

Users of strace are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.


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

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    d232310ecae4afe6f7b9b4765a87f2f2
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    3f35048a11183e311bdf931a4524202d
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    99ae536504585c3e33cc195b2f659b47
 
PPC:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    5016d234a6b4b209e2920001312f91f6
strace64-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    852b0ea1879993d2113cde27cad08aeb
 
s390x:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    f9a741089eb5e3484194933b8898185e
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    3f5295da508671ef740a3695bdcc0ea8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    d232310ecae4afe6f7b9b4765a87f2f2
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    3f35048a11183e311bdf931a4524202d
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    3f5295da508671ef740a3695bdcc0ea8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2.z server)

SRPMS:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1317
    d232310ecae4afe6f7b9b4765a87f2f2
 
IA-32:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.i386.rpm     3f35048a11183e311bdf931a4524202d
 
IA-64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ia64.rpm     99ae536504585c3e33cc195b2f659b47
 
PPC:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ppc.rpm     5016d234a6b4b209e2920001312f91f6
strace64-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.ppc64.rpm     852b0ea1879993d2113cde27cad08aeb
 
s390x:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.s390x.rpm     f9a741089eb5e3484194933b8898185e
 
x86_64:
strace-4.5.16-1.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm     3f5295da508671ef740a3695bdcc0ea8
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

457584 - [ia64] strace -f crashes multhreaded program
457585 - [5.3][REG] strace -f fails to follow vfork() processes on ia64 - hangs instead - possible kernel bug?


Keywords

debugging, strace


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