Patch Applicability

These patch kits fix memory leaks in secd and apply only to versions 4.3.2 and 4.2.3.

A fix was made to a routine that was not correctly freeing up memory. Since this routine was called by many other routines, sometimes memory consumption could be significant.

Obtaining the Patch

To obtain the patch, click here.

Applying the Patch

For Tru64 systems running Entegrity DCE and DFS versions 4.3.2 and 4.2.3:

1. Uncompress and untar the patch kit.

2. Follow the instructions below for DCE and, if DFS is installed, for DFS.

For DCE installations:

1. Stop all DCE applications:

dcesetup stop

2. Issue the following commands:

(The following mv command should be issued all on one line. It is broken into two lines here for layout purposes.)

mv /opt/dcelocal/shlib/libdce.so /opt/dcelocal/
shlib/libdce.so.430KIT

cp libdce.so /opt/dcelocal/shlib/libdce.so

chmod 644 /opt/dcelocal/shlib/libdce.so

chown root:system

/opt/dcelocal/shlib/libdce.so

dcesetup clean

dcesetup start

3. Restart DCE applications.

For DFS installations:

1. Issue the following commands:

(The following mv command should be issued all on one line. It is broken into two lines here for layout purposes.)

mv /sys/BINARY/dcedfs.mod /sys/BINARY/
dcedfs.mod.430KIT

cp dcedfs.mod /sys/BINARY/dcedfs.mod

2. Rebuild the kernel with DFS included

3. Copy the new kernel to /vmunix

4. Reboot the machine