Issued:
2012-02-22
Updated:
2012-02-22

RHBA-2012:0326 - strace bug fix update

Synopsis

strace bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated strace package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls called and received by a running process. It can print a record of each system call, its arguments and its return value. The strace utility is useful for diagnosing, debugging and instructional purposes.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The strace utility did not properly track switches between 32-bit and 64-bit process execution domains (so called "personalities") when tracing multiple processes with multiple "personalities". This caused strace to output the wrong system call names and arguments for the traced processes. This update corrects personality tracking in strace so that it now prints system call names and arguments as expected. (BZ#788666)

All users of strace are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.src.rpm
  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • strace64-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • strace-4.5.18-11.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • strace-debuginfo-4.5.18-11.el5_8.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information