- Issued:
- 2007-12-25
- Updated:
- 2007-12-25
RHBA-2007:1181 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
gdb bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated gdb packages that fix a memory leak on the Itanium architecture are
now available.
Description
The GNU debugger, gdb, allows the debugging of programs written in C, C++,
and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and then
printing out their data.
This updated package addresses the issue of excessive memory usage on the
Itanium architecture when repeatedly stopping and continuing a program
during a debugging session. Architectures other than Itanium are not
affected by this issue.
All users of gdb on the Itanium architecture should upgrade to these
updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve this issue.
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 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 426283 - [4.6][gdb] Memory leak occurs when the 'c'(continue) command is executed in gdb on ia64
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
x86_64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
ia64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2db39c80f43f891e97e69af299987fa4efd32ff552c5e04258671df99df8ca5 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2db39c80f43f891e97e69af299987fa4efd32ff552c5e04258671df99df8ca5 |
i386 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
x86_64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
ia64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2db39c80f43f891e97e69af299987fa4efd32ff552c5e04258671df99df8ca5 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2db39c80f43f891e97e69af299987fa4efd32ff552c5e04258671df99df8ca5 |
i386 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
x86_64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
ia64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e2db39c80f43f891e97e69af299987fa4efd32ff552c5e04258671df99df8ca5 |
i386 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
x86_64 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 57c8b71280b53532aad7776ff95021460133d387c00b641b4fea54ab56741cdc |
i386 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ca6f989bb2433f49396d305662d189ce9726ad1a305fd7fe070dab394340ab9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
s390x | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 0aa938181786c0cf8acb4f75958ac2f740374ab1796830430a9312d984dd130e |
s390 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 94102bc45dabaad935a5c72d0b13e62d0654a08646daa3ff4a75b91d2912d718 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
s390x | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 0aa938181786c0cf8acb4f75958ac2f740374ab1796830430a9312d984dd130e |
s390 | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 94102bc45dabaad935a5c72d0b13e62d0654a08646daa3ff4a75b91d2912d718 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
ppc | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 45725ebdc7335ceb4d988e35a8d8e3c610a9f3fb3efc9fceac4545b6eedc944b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 224b1bc22dc3fe6adf115c8c00b1380e44170e26e81befa0051f8770eee515f5 |
ppc | |
gdb-6.3.0.0-1.153.el4_6.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 45725ebdc7335ceb4d988e35a8d8e3c610a9f3fb3efc9fceac4545b6eedc944b |
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