Issued:

2011-03-07

Updated:

2011-03-07

RHBA-2011:0321 - glibc bug fix update

Synopsis

glibc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix a bug in the dynamic linker are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to an error in glibc libraries, a race condition could occur when traversing a list of currently loaded shared libraries, causing an application to terminate with an error. This error has been fixed, the race condition no longer occurs, and the list of shared libraries can now be traversed as expected. (BZ#661396)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• glibc-utils-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.src.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.7.el6_0.4.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 661396

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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