Issued:
2015-03-09
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:0658 - gnome-settings-daemon bug fix update

Synopsis

gnome-settings-daemon bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gnome-settings-daemon packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-settings-daemon packages contain a daemon to share settings from GNOME to other applications. It also handles global key bindings, as well as a number of desktop-wide settings.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to a memory leak in the "housekeeping" plug-in, gnome-settings-daemon did not correctly release certain memory segments that were not needed anymore. Consequently, the daemon could possibly exhaust all available memory, in which case the system encountered performance issues. With this update, the "housekeeping" plug-in has been fixed to properly free unused memory. As a result, the above-mentioned scenario is prevented. (BZ#1098370)

Users of gnome-settings-daemon are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.2-31.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.2-31.el6.src.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.s390.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.2-31.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.2-31.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.ppc.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-2.28.2-31.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.ppc.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-2.28.2-31.el6.s390.rpm
  • gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.2-31.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information