- Issued:
- 2010-06-10
- Updated:
- 2010-06-10
RHBA-2010:0462 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
procps bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated procps package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. The procps package includes ps, free, skill, slabtop, snice,
sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.
This updated procps package fixes the following bug:
- running the "ps" command occasionally resulted in a double-free corruption
error, which caused "ps" to crash unexpectedly. This update fixes the problem by
adding a condition in the code that ensures correctness, with the result that
"ps" no longer crashes unexpectedly. (BZ#596759)
All users of procps are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
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 4.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 4.8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 596759 - ps aborted with "double free or corruption"
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
ia64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466 |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
ia64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466 |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
ia64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bae3ee4b81c282af6b79eebc61d85ef676235811195a640351acea0c7e3e5466 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
x86_64 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3b4b2b55ea902e3d174bba9c83fb2ad91fb81c3a700472da15d25b0f6e23cc0 |
i386 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 357dbc1527650301472c9e356e808623caf2aac8f8482eab8514822af70d4d4c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
s390x | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3f3b6b5176f272ff891f5bc235628aa36ae2dd02ddcdd5c8bc3be9eceeab1cdc |
s390 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390.rpm | SHA-256: ca3f3516500efc404a4596cafefbc07984066f28a2d566291ec7dc1585fa238c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
s390x | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3f3b6b5176f272ff891f5bc235628aa36ae2dd02ddcdd5c8bc3be9eceeab1cdc |
s390 | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.s390.rpm | SHA-256: ca3f3516500efc404a4596cafefbc07984066f28a2d566291ec7dc1585fa238c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
ppc | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b861b223ca929edc8345e94a39be610db56aac95b798a728ff571f50e1c66df3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 26bef4480e2977070d9d26841e88a256ceda295025856bc645806f3b058288ff |
ppc | |
procps-3.2.3-8.17.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b861b223ca929edc8345e94a39be610db56aac95b798a728ff571f50e1c66df3 |
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