CentOS - Dec 2014 - Upgrading glibc on CentOS 7 to fix memory leak

Hi All,

I am in a bit of a conundrum I hope someone could give me some advice.

I have a CentOS 7 server which currently runs glibc version 2.17.x. That
version contains a memory leak described and fixed here:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17370

Suffice to say, this memory leak is causing some serious issues and I have
read that upgrading glibc without also upgrading the entire kernel is not
recommended.

I was hoping that this fix was back ported into CentOS 7 somewhere and
maybe there is a quick fix I just don't know about? This is a production
server so stability is a big concern, I can't be trying out any new
experimental stuff ;)

Thanks everyone!

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On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 01:16:57PM -0500, Casey Jordan
wrote:
> I have a CentOS 7 server which currently runs glibc version 2.17.x. That
> version contains a memory leak described and fixed here:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17370
I did a cursory perusal of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glibc
bugzilla bugs, and didn't see it mentioned.  If it isn't fixed
upstream (RHEL7) I don't think you can expect to find anything fixed
in CentOS7.

I suggest creating a bug here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=glibc&list_id=3113207&order=bug_id%20DESC&product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%207&query_based_on=&query_format=advanced

and give the glibc upstream bug URL and a way to reproduce the
problem. 

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